Ida A. (Ida Ashworth) Taylor

Born in the 19th century and active into the early 20th, Ida A. Taylor wrote both fiction and history, with a special gift for turning the past into lively, readable narrative. Reliable biographical sources describe her as an English novelist and biographer, and note that she also contributed to periodicals including The Dublin Review and The Nineteenth Century.

She was the daughter of the playwright Sir Henry Taylor, and several sources note that for much of her adult life she lived in London with her sister Una Ashworth Taylor. Her books often focused on dramatic lives from English and European history, helping introduce well-known royal and political figures to new generations of readers.

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