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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.
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
Tom Tiddler's Ground is also the title of an 1886 memoir by Florence Marryat. It is the title of a 1931 poem and it appears in a 1931 anthology of children's poetry edited by Walter de la Mare, who also wrote a short story titled "Miss Duveen". It's also the title of a 1934 novel by Edward Shanks.
Florence Marryat (1833–1899, England, f/d) Frank Marryat (1826–1855, England, nf) Frederick Marryat (1792–1848, England, f/ch) Horace Marryat (1818–1887 ...
Marryat was named a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his lifeboat, signals system and other achievements. In 1843, he moved to a farm at Manor Cottage, Langham in Norfolk. He died there in 1848. [9] His daughter Florence Marryat later became known as a writer and actress.
It is said that Marryat requested that he spend the night in the most haunted room of Raynham Hall to prove his theory that the haunting was caused by local smugglers anxious to keep people away from the area. Writing in 1891, Florence Marryat said of her father's experience:
Florence Marryat (1833–1899), novelist Frederick Marryat (wrote as Captain Marryat, 1792–1848), novelist and children's writer, Mr Midshipman Easy Philip Marsden (born 1961), travel writer and novelist
Blood of the Vampire is a 1958 British colour horror film directed by Henry Cass and starring Donald Wolfit, Barbara Shelley, and Vincent Ball.The film was produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman for Tempean Films, from a screenplay by Jimmy Sangster.