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Margaret Irwin

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born

January 01, 1899 in The United Kingdom

died

December 11, 1969

gender

female

genre

Historical Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs

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Born in 1899 and educated at Oxford, Irwin was recognized as a novelist of well-researched and occasionally heart-breaking historical fiction. She is best known for her trilogy about Elizabeth I: Young Bess, Elizabeth Captive Princess, and Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain. Young Bess was made into a movie starring Jean Simmons.

Irwin also wrote passionately about the English Civil War, causing generations to fall in love with the ill-fated but charismatic Earl of Montrose.

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Books by Margaret Irwin

Average rating: 3.67 · 500 ratings · 73 reviews · 28 distinct works

	Young Bess (Elizabeth Trilogy, #1) 3.64 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 1944 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Elizabeth, Captive Princess (Elizabeth Trilogy, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1948 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Elizabeth and the Prince of Spain (Elizabeth Trilogy, #3) 3.60 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1953 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Royal Flush 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1948 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Still She Wished for Company 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1934 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Gay Galliard: The Great Love of Mary Queen of Scots 3.08 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1941 — 7 editions	My rating:
	That Great Lucifer: A Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1960 — 4 editions	My rating:
	My Little House Sewing Book by Margaret Irwin, Mary Collier (Illustrations) 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1997	My rating:
	The Stranger Prince 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1937 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Bride: The Story of Louise and Montrose 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1947 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Series by Margaret Irwin

Elizabeth Trilogy (3 books)
by Margaret Irwin

3.65 avg rating — 406 ratings

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