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Margaret Agnes Paul (18 July 1829 – 30 March 1905) was a Scottish novelist. Margaret Agnes Colvile was born on 18 July 1829, one of sixteen children of Andrew Colvile, a governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, and Mary Louisa Eden, daughter of William Eden, 1st Baron Auckland. Her siblings included James William Colvile, a judge in colonial India; Eden Colvile, Governor of Rupert's Land and the Hudson's Bay Company; Isabella Colville, mother of football pioneer Francis Marindin; and Georgiana Mary, Baroness Blatchford. In 1856, she married clergyman and religious author Charles Kegan Paul. They had five children, including authors and translators Eden Paul and Nancy Margaret Paul. Her writing career began before her marriage. She was the author of a dozen anonymously published romances. When her husband worked for and later purchased the publishing firm Henry S. King & Co., renamed C. Kegan Paul & Co, she published her novels through them. Bibliography Dorothy: A Tale.  1 vol.  London: John W. Parker, 1856. DeCressy: A Tale.  1 vol.  London: John W. Parker, 1856. Still Waters.  2 vol.  London: John W. Parker, 1857. Maiden Sisters: A Tale.  1 vol.  London: John W. Parker, 1858. Uncle Ralph: A Tale.  1 vol.  London: John W. Parker, 1858. Martha Brown, the Heiress.  1 vol.  London: John W. Parker, 1861. Three Weddings.  1 vol.  London: Longman, 1870. Thomasina: A Biography.  2 vol.  London: Henry S. King, 1872. Vanessa.  2 vol.  London: Henry S. King, 1875. Gentle and Simple.  2 vol.  London: Kegan Paul, 1878. Kintail Place: A Tale of Revolution.  1 vol.  London: Swan Sonnenschein, 1886. References . Discover the Margaret Paul popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Margaret Paul books.

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  • The Other Custers synopsis, comments

    The Other Custers

    Bill Yenne & George Armstrong Custer

    Not one, not two, but three Custer brothers died at the Little Bighornand so did their only sister's husband. Most do not realize that not one, not two, but three Custer brothers d...

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    Margaret I. Fehland v. City St. Paul.

    Court of Appeals of Minnesota

    1. The legal effect of a referees findings and award, affirmed if at all by evenly divided industrial commission on appeal, held, upon authority of Barlau v. MinneapolisMoline P.I....

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    The End of Getting Lost

    Robin Kirman

    Soon to be a major motion picture starring Margaret Qualley and Paul Mescal!A young woman and her husband travel around Europe to celebrate their first year of marriagea year that ...

  • Margaret L. Rascoe v. Paul M. Clark Et Al. synopsis, comments

    Margaret L. Rascoe v. Paul M. Clark Et Al.

    Supreme Court of New York

    Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court at Special Term, entered November 17, 1977 in Albany County, which conditionally dismissed the action against defendant Fasulo unless plai...

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    Margaret Marie Stein v. Johan Paul Stein

    Fourteenth District, Houston Court of Appeals of Texas

    In this divorce case, we consider whether judgment was rendered prior to appellants withdrawal of her consent to the parties settlement agreement. Because we find that judgment had...

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    A Chance to Harmonize

    Sheryl Kaskowitz

    The remarkable story of a hidden New Deal program that tried to change America and end the Great Depression using folk music, laying the groundwork for the folk revival and having ...

  • Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know synopsis, comments

    Mad, Bad, Dangerous to Know

    Colm Tóibín

    From Colm Tóibín, the formidable awardwinning author of The Master and Brooklyn, an illuminating, intimate study of Irish culture, history, and literature told through the lives an...

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    The Duchess Who Dared

    Charles Castle

    The extraordinary story behind A Very British Scandal, starring Claire Foy and Paul Bettany?Margaret was debutante of the year, the beautiful fairytale heiress immortalised in Cole...

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    Diana

    Martyn Gregory

    Was Diana murdered? Was the British Royal family involved? Was she pregnant and engaged to Dodi? Did the paparazzi or 'a blinding white flash' cause the crash? Was driver Henri Pau...

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    British Society Since 1945

    Arthur Marwick

    High and popular culture; family, race, gender and class relations; sexual attitudes and material conditions; science and technology the diversity of social developments in Britai...

  • The Boy in the Black Suit synopsis, comments

    The Boy in the Black Suit

    Jason Reynolds

    A 2016 Coretta Scott King Author Honor Book Just when seventeenyearold Matt thinks he can’t handle one more piece of terrible news, he meets a girl who’s dealt with a lot moreand w...

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    The Complete Works of Edward Bulwer-Lytton

    Edward Bulwer-Lytton

    Edward BulwerLytton was an English novelist, poet, playwright and politician. He wrote in a variety of genres, including historical fiction, mystery, romance, the occult, and scien...

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    The Neuroscience of Excellent Sleep

    Stan Rodski

    How to use the insights of neuroscience and the techniques of mindfulness to get a good night's sleep.Everyone's familiar with the consequences of lost sleep: you're groggy and irr...

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    The Feminist Revolution

    Jules Archer & Naomi Wolf

    Today, feminism is as important as ever. Betty Friedan’s musings, “to take the actions needed to bring women into the mainstream of American society, now; full equality for women, ...

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    Epitaphs for Underdogs

    Andrew Szepessy

    'A wonderful discovery' (Ian McEwan), this is a beguiling dystopian tale of a young man confronted with the truth about freedom. On a hot summer night, a young man sits in a dark c...

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    When I Was the Greatest

    Jason Reynolds

    From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds, a “funny and rewarding” (Publishers Weekly) comingofage novel about friendship and loyalty across neighborhood lines and t...

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    The Grit in the Pearl

    Lyndsy Spence

    MARGARET, DUCHESS OF ARGYLL was an international celebrity in her youth, adored and observed by millions. But in 1963 the 11th Duke of Argyll shocked the country when he alleged th...

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    Independent Dames

    Laurie Halse Anderson

    Read about the forgotten half of the American Revolution and those tough, independent dames who helped make it happen.  Listen up! You've all heard about the great men who led...