Fire Down Below.

by Margaret Irwin

Red hardcover, with gold lettering on the spine, published by Chatto and Windus, 1951 edition, with blue dustjacket designed by J.R. Monsell, original price unclipped, 210 pages. Book measures 20.5 cm x 14 cm x 2.8 cm.

210 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1928

About the author

Born in 1899 and educated at Oxford, Irwin was recognized as a novelist of well-researched and occasionally heart-breaking historical fiction. She is best known for her trilogy about Elizabeth I: Young Bess, Elizabeth Captive Princess, and Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain. Young Bess was made into a movie starring Jean Simmons.

Irwin also wrote passionately about the English Civil War, causing generations to fall in love with the ill-fated but charismatic Earl of Montrose.