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Annie E. Holdsworth

Annie E. Holdsworth (1860–1917) was an Anglo-Caribbean novelist; born in Jamaica; daughter of the Reverend William Holdsworth; married Eugene Lee-Hamilton in 1898. She began writing as a girl; came to London on father's

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Annie E. Holdsworth (1860–1917) was an Anglo-Caribbean novelist; born in Jamaica; daughter of the Reverend William Holdsworth; married Eugene Lee-Hamilton in 1898. She began writing as a girl; came to London on father's death; first worked on the staff of Review of Reviews; became co-editor with Lady Henry Somerset of The Woman's Signal.

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* Joanna Traill, Spinster (1894) William Heinemann, London * The Years That the Locust Hath Eaten (1895) William Heinemann, London *Spindles and Oars (1896) Ward, Locke & Co., Ltd., London * The Gods Arrive (1898) William Heinemann, London * Forest Notes (in collaboration with her husband) * The Valley of the Great Shadow (1899) William Heinemann, London * Great Lowlands (1901) * Michael Ross, Minister (1902) Dodd, Mead & Company, New York https://books.google.com/books?id=ryggAAAAMAAJ * A New Paolo and Francesca (1904) John Lane, London * The Iron Gates (1906) * Lady Letty Brandon (1909) John Long, London * "Peace" and "In the Shadow of His Hand Hath He Hid Me" (1880) in The Christian Miscellany, and Family Visitor, Wesleyan Conference Office, London * "A Study in Oak" (1886) in Belgravia, Vol.

60, An illustrated magazine, Chatto & Windus, London https://books.google.com/books?id=rsYRAAAAYAAJ&dq=%22+Annie+E.+Holdsworth%22&pg=PR4 * "When the Gorse is in Flower" (1897) in The English illustrated magazine, Volume 16, The Illustrated London News, Ltd., London https://books.google.com/books?id=Fds-AAAAYAAJ&dq=%22+Annie+E.+Holdsworth%22&pg=PA219

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