Agnes Strickland

Agnes Strickland (18 July 1796–8 July 1874) was an English historical writer and poet. She began her career writing poetry and historical fiction before turning to biography and popular history.

With her sister Elizabeth, she produced the influential 12-volume Lives of the Queens of England, published from the 1830s onward. Her other works included Historical Tales of Illustrious British Children, The Pilgrims of Walsingham, and Tales and Stories from History.

Strickland later wrote about the queens of Scotland and English princesses, as well as Mary, Queen of Scots. She died in Southwold, Suffolk, in 1874.