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Florence Marryat (9 July 1833 – 27 October 1899) was an English author and actress. The daughter of author Capt. Frederick Marryat , she was particularly known for her sensational novels and her involvement with several celebrated spiritual mediums of the late 19th century.
In 1819, Marryat married Catherine Shairp. They had four sons and seven daughters together, including Florence, a prolific novelist; Emilia, who became a writer of moralist adventure novels in her father's vein and wrote a biography of him; and Augusta, who also wrote adventure fiction. Frederick Marryat's sketch of Napoleon's body on his deathbed
The Blood of the Vampire is a Gothic novel by Florence Marryat, published in 1897.The protagonist, Harriet Brandt, is a mixed-race psychic vampire who kills unintentionally. . The novel follows Harriet after she leaves a Jamaican convent for Europe, and her ill-fated attempts to integrate with Victorian socie
The Children of the New Forest is a children's novel published in 1847 by Frederick Marryat.It is set in the time of the English Civil War and the Commonwealth.The story follows the fortunes of the four Beverley children who are orphaned during the war, and hide from their Roundhead oppressors in the shelter of the New Forest where they learn to live off the land.
A look at the lives of Dr. Susan Smith McKinney Steward, the first Black female doctor in New York, and her sister Sarah J. S. Tompkins Garnet, the first Black female principal in NYC.
Florence Marryat (1833–1899), British author and actress; George Selwyn Marryat (1840–1896), British country gentleman and angler; Horace Marryat (1818–1887), English traveler and author; Joseph Marryat (1757–1824), English businessman and British member of Parliament for Horsham; Thomas Marryat (1730–1792), English physician, medical ...
O.J. Simspson poses for a portrait with his wife Marguerite Whitley Simpson, daughter Arnelle and son Jason on January 8, 1973. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images The late O.J. Simpson was father ...
The story says that when Townshend discovered that his wife had committed adultery with Lord Wharton, he punished her by locking her in her rooms in the family home, Raynham Hall. According to Mary Wortley Montagu, Dorothy was in fact entrapped by the Countess of Wharton. She invited Dorothy over to stay for a few days knowing that her husband ...