Helen Douglas Irvine

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Helen Douglas Irvine (born Helen Florence Douglas-Irvine on February 29, 1880; died 1947) was a Scottish novelist, historian and translator. She was educated at St Andrews University [1], near her family home Grangemuir, near Pittenweem in Fife. She was the granddaughter of Lord William Robert Keith Douglas, younger brother of both Charles Douglas, 6th Marquess of Queensberry and John Douglas, 7th Marquess of Queensberry.

She was also a contributing author to the Victoria County History. Her works include:

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[edit] Novels

  • Magdalena (1936)
  • Fray Mario (1939)
  • Mirror of a Dead Lady (1940)
  • Angelic Romance (1941)
  • Sweet is the Rose (1944)
  • 77 Willow Road (1945)
  • Torchlight Procession (1946)

[edit] Historical Writing

  • Royal Palaces of Scotland (1911)
  • History of London (1912)
  • The Making of Rural Europe (1923)

[edit] Translations

  • (with W.D. MacInnes) Emile Legouis and Louis Cazamian, A History of English Literature (1926)

[edit] References

  1. ^ The New Age: A Weekly Review of Politics, Literature and Art, December 17 1908. Helen Douglas Irvine MA (St Andrews), "The Case for the Scottish Graduates".