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Naomi Jacob

Born

in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, The United Kingdom

July 01, 1884

Died

August 27, 1964

Genre

Fiction, Contemporary

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Naomi Eleanor Clare Jacob was an English author, actress and broadcaster. Daughter of Nina Abbott.

The British lesbian author Naomi Jacob (1889-1964) had been a teacher, a suffragette, a playwright and an actress, but ultimately achieved her greatest success, beginning in the mid-1920s, as author of some 75 popular novels, plus women's magazine series, advice books and at least one biography. She moved to Italy (where a significant portion of this book is set) in 1930, and at one time reportedly had an unrequited crush on Una Troubridge, longtime companion of Radclyffe Hall. (In Diana Souhami's biography of Hall, Ms. Jacob is described thusly: "She was Jewish, large, wore tweeds and clubbish ties and liked a drink.") She is remembered today ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 386 ratings · 15 reviews · 103 distinct works • Similar authors

	Wind on the Heath 3.68 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1956 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Founder of the House (Gollantz Family Saga #1) 3.63 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 1935 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	That Wild Lie (Gollantz Family Saga #2) 4.18 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1930 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Young Emmanuel (Gollantz Family Saga #3) 4.11 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1932 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gollantz and Partners (Gollantz Family Saga #7) 4.50 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1958 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Four Generations (Gollantz Family Saga #4) 4.38 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1934 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Private Gollantz (Gollantz Family Saga #5) 4.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1942 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gollantz: London, Paris, Milan (Gollantz Family Saga #6) 4.71 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1948 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Irish Boy 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1955 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Morning Will Come 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1953 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars