Julia Frankau
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Julia Frankau, née Julia Davis (30 July 1859
- 17 March 1916) was a successful novelist under the name of Frank Danby.
She was the sister of Owen Hall
, Harrie Davis (1857–1920) and Eliza Davis
. She was home-schooled by Laura Lafargue
, the daughter of Karl Marx
.
She married the cigar importer Arthur Frankau. With him, she became the mother of the author Gilbert Frankau
and the actor Ronald Frankau
. She is thus grandmother of Pamela Frankau
.
During the 1890s, she focused on engraving
and wrote about this topic. She returned to writing fiction in 1902.
- 17 March 1916) was a successful novelist under the name of Frank Danby.
She was the sister of Owen Hall
Owen Hall
Owen Hall was the pen name of the Irish-born 19th and early 20th century theatre writer and theatre critic James Davis when writing for the stage...
, Harrie Davis (1857–1920) and Eliza Davis
Eliza Davis
Eliza Davis Aria was an English fashion writer and gossip columnist known as "Mrs Aria". She was the editor of a fashion magazine titled The World of Dress, author of numerous books on costume and motoring, and a society hostess...
. She was home-schooled by Laura Lafargue
Laura Marx
Jenny Laura Marx was the second daughter of Karl Marx and Jenny von Westphalen. In 1868 she married Paul Lafargue. As an elderly couple, the two committed suicide together in 1911....
, the daughter of Karl Marx
Karl Marx
Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. His ideas played a significant role in the development of social science and the socialist political movement...
.
She married the cigar importer Arthur Frankau. With him, she became the mother of the author Gilbert Frankau
Gilbert Frankau
Gilbert Frankau was a popular British novelist. He was known also for verse including a number of verse novels, and short stories....
and the actor Ronald Frankau
Ronald Frankau
Ronald Frankau was an English comedian and musician from London who started in cabarets and made his way to radio and films.-Family:...
. She is thus grandmother of Pamela Frankau
Pamela Frankau
Pamela Frankau was a popular British novelist. Her parents were Dorothea Frances Markham Drummond-Black and the novelist Gilbert Frankau and her grandmother the satirist Julia Frankau. Her uncle was the British radio comedian, Ronald Frankau.She had success as a writer from a young age...
.
During the 1890s, she focused on engraving
Engraving
Engraving is the practice of incising a design on to a hard, usually flat surface, by cutting grooves into it. The result may be a decorated object in itself, as when silver, gold, steel, or glass are engraved, or may provide an intaglio printing plate, of copper or another metal, for printing...
and wrote about this topic. She returned to writing fiction in 1902.
Works
- Essays in the Saturday Review
- Dr. Phillips: a Maida Vale Idyll (1887)
- A Babe in Bohemia (1889)
- The Copper Crash (1889)
- A chapter of The Fate of FenellaThe Fate of FenellaThe Fate of Fenella was an experiment in consecutive novel writing inspired by J. S. Wood. The novel first appeared serially in Wood's weekly magazine, Gentlewoman in 1891 and 1892, before appearing in book form in May 1892. Each of the authors would write his chapter and pass it on to the next...
(1891/92), an experiment in consecutive novel writing - Eighteenth Century Colour Prints: An Essay on Certain Stipple Engravers & Their Work in Colour (1900) - published in her real name
- John Raphael SmithJohn Raphael SmithJohn Raphael Smith was an English painter and mezzotint engraver, son of Thomas Smith of Derby, the landscape painter, and father of John Rubens Smith, a painter who emigrated to the United States.-Biography:...
1752-1812: His Life and Works (1902) - published in her real name - Pigs in Clover (1903)
- Eighteenth Century Artists and Engravers: William WardWilliam Ward-Athletics:* William Ward , American boxer who fought under the name Kid Norfolk* William Ward , British cricketer, scorer of the first ever double-century...
ARA, James WardJames Ward- Sports :*James Ward , part-time footballer*James Ward , British tennis player*Jamie Ward , English footballer*Jim Ward , American football coach...
RA (1904) - published in her real name - Baccarat (1904)
- The Sphinx's Lawyer (1906)
- A Coquette in Crape (1907)
- The Heart of a Child (1908)
- An Incompleat Etonian (1909)
- Sebastian (1909)
- The Story of Emma, Lady HamiltonEmma, Lady HamiltonEmma, Lady Hamilton is best remembered as the mistress of Lord Nelson and as the muse of George Romney. She was born Amy Lyon in Ness near Neston, Cheshire, England, the daughter of a blacksmith, Henry Lyon, who died when she was two months old...
(1910) - later reissued as Nelson's Legacy - Let the Roof Fall In (1910)
- Joseph in Jeopardy (1912)
- Full Swing (1914)
- Twilight (1916)
- Mothers and Children (1918) - a collection of previously unpublished stories edited by her son Gilbert FrankauGilbert FrankauGilbert Frankau was a popular British novelist. He was known also for verse including a number of verse novels, and short stories....