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 w...