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Emma Marshall

Emma Marshall (1830–1899) was an English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels.

Born Emma Martin in Cromer, Norfolk in 1830. In 1854 she married a banker Hugh Graham Marshall and they lived in Clifton in Bristol, Somerset. In 1861 she started writing novels and by the time of her death had written over 200. Her method was to pick a historic character or famous building and weave a story around it, her best selling books were Under Salisbury Spire, Penshurst Castle and Winchester Meads.

Emma and Hugh had nine daughters, the youngest daughter Christabel Marshall was a campaigner for women's suffrage, a playwright and author.

Marshall died at home in Clifton on 4 May 1899 from Pneumonia.

A Flight with the Swallows
Or, Little Dorothy's Dream
by Emma Marshall
(c.1885)
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Salome
by Emma Marshall
(c.1885)
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Penshurst Castle
In the time of Sir Philip Sidney
by Emma Marshall
(1894)
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Under The Mendips
A Tale
by Emma Marshall
(1892)
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Her Season in Bath
A story of bygone days
by Emma Marshall
(1889)
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Bristol Bells
A Story of the Eighteenth Century
by Emma Marshall
(1892)
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Little Miss Joy
by Emma Marshall
(1892)
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