Elizabeth Hardy

Elizabeth Hardy
Born 16 December 1786
Ireland
Died 9 May 1854[1]
Queen's Bench Prison, London, England
Occupation Novelist
Language English
Ethnicity Irish
Citizenship United Kingdom
Genre Fiction
Historical romance
Subject Romance
Religion

Elizabeth Hardy (1786–1854)[2] was an Irish novelist. All of her work was published anonymously. She died while imprisoned for debt in Queen's Bench Prison in London, England after having made a 'credulous' investment in a joint stock bank.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Hardy, Elizabeth". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  2. British Library, Royal Literary Fund Archive, Loan 96 RLF 1/1292.


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