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Bessie Marchant

Born

in Petham, Kent, The United Kingdom

December 12, 1862

Died

November 10, 1941

Genre

Children's Books, Mystery & Thrillers

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Elizabeth Marchant was born in Petham in Kent in 1862 and attended the local primary school. She preferred to be known as Bessie and moved to London in her early 20s when she taught at a Baptist School. She married Jabez Ambrose Comfort, a clergyman in 1889 and became Mrs J A Comfort. the couple lived in Charlebury in Oxfordshire and had one daughter.

She is reputed to have written over 150 adventure novels, many of which were set in exotic places (vide Among the Torches of the Andes (1898)) although she never left England.

She began her literary career in the 1880s and, perhaps not surprisingly, wrote in the style of the Victorian adventure novel. She was so good at the genre that she was at one time called 'the female Henty'. However, she d ...more

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Bessie Marchant’s books

Average rating: 3.63 · 155 ratings · 25 reviews · 95 distinct works

	A Countess from Canada: A Story of Life in the Backwoods 3.69 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1910 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Youngest Sister: A Tale of Manitoba 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1913 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	By Honour Bound by Bessie Marchant, R.H. Brock (Illustrator) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1925 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Adventurous Seven: Their Hazardous Undertaking by Bessie Marchant, William R.S. Stott (Illustrator) 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1918 — 36 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Daughters of the Dominion: A Story of the Canadian Frontier 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1909 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Save Her School! 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1926 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Two New Girls by Bessie Marchant, S.J.R. Burgess (Illustrator) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1927 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Half-Moon Girl; or, The Rajah's Daughter liked it 3.00 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1898 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Canadian Farm Mystery; or, Pam the Pioneer 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1917 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fortunes of Prue 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1923 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars