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Leigh North
d. 1920
Writing under the name Leigh North, this early-20th-century author is best known for Predecessors of Cleopatra, a lively historical survey of Egyptian queens. The surviving record is thin, which gives the work an extra air of mystery.
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Predecessors of Cleopatra
by Leigh North
About the author
Leigh North appears to have been a pen name used by Mrs. Elizabeth Stewart Phelps. Library and public-domain catalog records connect the name Leigh North with Predecessors of Cleopatra, while other records also link the author to the names Elizabeth Steward and Phelps, Elizabeth Steward.
The best-known work under this name is Predecessors of Cleopatra, a book that traces notable women of ancient Egypt from early dynasties up to Cleopatra. A HathiTrust catalog record identifies Leigh North as the pseudonymous author, and LibriVox lists the writer as active around 1920, which seems to be the safest date to attach to the name.
A little more can be inferred from another HathiTrust record for Verses and Stories, described as “Verses by Phelps. Stories by North,” suggesting that the same person may have published poetry under Phelps and fiction or prose under Leigh North. Beyond that, confirmed biographical details are scarce, so a full personal profile remains uncertain.