Salome

by Emma Marshall, The Perfect Library (Editor)

"Salome" from Emma Marshall. English children's author who wrote more than 200 novels (1830-1899).

130 pages, Paperback

First published August 23, 2011

About the author

Emma Marshall, born Emma Martin in Cromer, Norfolk, in 1830, was a prolific British children's author, one who published more than two hundred novels in the course of her career. She married banker Hugh Graham Marshall in 1854, going to live with him in Clifton, in Bristol, Somerset. The Marshalls had nine daughters, the youngest of whom, - Christabel Gertrude Marshall, aka Christopher Marie St. John - was an author, a playwright, and a noted campaigner for women's suffrage. Marshall began writing in 1861, choosing, for each of her stories, a famous structure or person from history, and weaving a fictional tale around it. Her best-selling books were Under Salisbury Spire, Penshurst Castle and Winchester Meads. She died in 1899.

Reviews

[Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

While I personally did like this book, it was much too predictable. Once you get through about half the book, you could probably write the rest of the book yourself. It was still a nice little classic story.