Emma Marshall

In the Choir of Westminster Abbey: a Story of Henry Purcell's Days ... with Illustrations by T. H. Crawford. Emma Marshall

Publisher Marketing: Title: In the Choir of Westminster Abbey: a story of Henry Purcell's days ... With illustrations by T. H. Crawford. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Marshall, Emma; Crawford, Thomas Hamilton; 1897. 316 p.; 8 . 012623.de.36. Contributor Bio:  Marshall, Emma 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.