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Author: Emily Sarah Holt

Author: Emily Sarah Holt (1836–1893)

Biography: Emily Sarah Holt was born in 1836 in Bacup, Lancashire, the daughter of John Holt. Her brother was James Maden Holt, one-time M. P. for Lancashire. Holt and her brother were educated in Oxford, he at university and she privately. She wrote a number of historical and religious-themed books, mostly of a strongly protestant viewpoint. She never married and died on 25 December 1893 at her brother's house in Balham.

References: British Census (1851); York Herald (30 December 1893)

Fiction Titles:

1. Mistress Margery: A Tale of the Lollards.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1868.
2. Sister Rose: or, Saint Bartholomew's Eve.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1869.
3. Ashcliffe Hall: A Tale of the Last Century.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1870.
4. Isoult Barry of Wynscote: Her Diurnal Book. A Tale of Tudor Times.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1871.
5. Robin Tremayne: A Tale of the Marian Persecution.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1872.
6. The Well in the Desert: An Old Legend of the House of Arundel.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1872.
7. Verena: or, Safe Paths and Slippery Byeways. A Story of To-Day.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1873.
8. The White Rose of Langley: A Story of the Court of England in the Olden Time.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1874.
9. Clara Avery: A Story of the Spanish Armada .  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1876.
10. Imogen: A Story of the Mission of Augustine.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1876.
11. For the Master's Sake: A Story of the Days of Queen Mary.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1877.
12. Lettice Eden: or, The Lamps of Earth and the Light of Heaven. A Tale of the Last Days of King Henry the Eighth.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1877.
13. Margery's Son: or, "Until he Find it." A Fifteenth Century Tale of the Court of Scotland.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1878.
14. Lady Sybil's Choice: A Tale of the Crusades.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1879.
15. The Maidens' Lodge: or, None of Self and All of Thee. A Tale of the Reign of Queen Anne.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1880.
16. Earl Hubert's Daughter: or, The Polishing of the Pearl. A Tale of the Thirteenth Century.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1880.
17. Joyce Morrell's Harvest: or, The Annals of Selwick Hall. A Story of the Reign of Elizabeth.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1881.
18. At ye Grene Griffin: or, Mrs. Treadwell's Cook. A Tale of the Fifteenth Century.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1882.
19. Red and White: A Tale of the Wars of the Roses.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1882.
20. Not for Him: The Story of a Forgotten Hero.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1883.
21. The Way of the Cross and Other Tales.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1883.
22. Wearyholme: or, Seedtime and Harvest. A Tale of the Restoration of Charles the Second.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1884.
23. The Lord Mayor: A Tale of London in 1384.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1884.
24. The Lord of the Marches: or, The Story of Roger Mortimer. A Tale of the Fourteenth Century.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1884.
25. John de Wycliffe, the First of the Reformers, and What he did for England.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1884.
26. A Tangled Web: A Tale of the Fifteenth Century.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1885.
27. All for the Best: or, Bernard Gilpin's Motto.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1887.
28. The Slave Girl of Pompeii: or, By the Way They Knew Not. A Tale of the First Century.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1887.
29. In All Time of Our Tribulation: The Story of Piers Gavestone.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1887.
30. Our Little Lady: or, Six Hundred Years Ago.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1887.
31. Out in the Forty-Five: or, Duncan Keith's Vow. A Tale of the Last Century.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1888.
32. In Convent Walls: The Story of the Despensers.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1888.
33. The King's Daughters: or, How Two Girls Kept the Faith.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1888.
34. Minister Lovel: A Story of the Days of Laud.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1890.
35. Behind the Veil: A Tale of the Days of William the Conqueror.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1890.
36. It Might Have Been: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1890.
37. The White Lady of Hazelwood: A Tale of the Fourteenth Century.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1891.
38. Countess Maud: or, The Changes of the World. A Tale of the Fourteenth Century.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1892.
39. All's Well: or, Alice's Victory.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1893.
40. Princess Adelaide: A Story of the Siege of Kenilworth.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1893.
41. The Harvest of Yesterday: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1893.
42. Through the Storm: or, The Lord's Prisoners.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1895.
43. The Gold that Glitters: or, The Mistakes of Jenny Lavender.  1 vol.  London: J. F. Shaw, 1896.