The Bishop's Amazement. [A Novel.]

by David Christie Murray

The Bishop's Amazement. [A novel.] British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition ++++ British Library Murray, David Christie; 1896. xi. 225 p.; 8 . 012627.l.41.

252 pages, Paperback

Published March 1, 2011

About the author

Murray was born in High Street, West Bromwich, Staffordshire, one of six sons and five daughters of William Murray and Mary Withers; he was educated in West Bromwich and Spon Lane. At the age of twelve he entered his fathers printing business. At eighteen he was sent to London for further training in the printing business, but, following a failed attempt at romance, he instead joined the army. He became a private with the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards. After being bought out of the service by a great aunt, he became a journalist. Initially he wrote leaders for the Wednesbury Advertiser, then worked for the Birmingham Morning News reporting on police cases. In 1871 he married Sophie Harris, with whom he had a daughter who died young. He had four children out of wedlock.

Murray covered the Russo-Turkish War during 1877–1878, then left journalism to write fiction. He spent a year touring England for a series of articles published in The Mayfair Magazine.[5] Around 1879 he married his second wife, Alice, and the couple had a son, Archibald. That year A life's atonement was published in Chamber's Journal, followed by Joseph's coat in 1880. The late nineteenth century English author George Gissing wrote in his diary that he had 'heard of the book as good; of course find it very poor'. His 1882 By the gate of Les was serialised in Cornhill Magazine and Aunt Rachel (1886) in The English Illustrated Magazine. From 1881 to 1886 he lived in Belgium and France, and from 1889 to 1896 stayed in Nice, France. Murray was well travelled, and had success as a lecturer. In 1889 he performed a lecture tour in Australia, then in 1890 he assisted productions in Australia of the theatrical company of Harry St. Maur. From 1884 to 1885 he lectured in Canada and the United States.