Mrs. Frewen Lord

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Mrs. Frewen Lord

Best known for lively historical books for young readers, this early-20th-century writer turned places, legends, and great figures from British history into vivid stories. Her work has endured through reprints and digital editions that still attract curious readers today.

1 Audiobook

Tales from Westminster Abbey Told to Children

Tales from Westminster Abbey Told to Children

by Mrs. Frewen Lord, Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

About the author

Mrs. Frewen Lord published popular history and storytelling books for children and general readers in the early 1900s. Editions now cataloged online identify her as Millicent Frewen Lord, and her books include Tales of Battle, Tales of Westminster Abbey Told to Children, and Tales of St. Paul's Cathedral Told to Children.

Her writing has a clear, guided-tour feel: she introduces famous people, buildings, and episodes from history in a way meant to be welcoming rather than academic. That makes her especially well suited to listeners who enjoy older narrative nonfiction and classic children's literature with a strong sense of place.

Some biographical details are hard to confirm from readily available sources, so this overview focuses on her published work. Archival material also shows that "Mrs. Frewen Lord" was the widow of historian Walter Frewen Lord, in whose memory she later established the Walter Frewen Lord Prize in Imperial History.