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Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
d. 1927
An American novelist with deep ties to Baltimore’s literary life, she wrote historical fiction and helped champion poetry and culture in her city. Her work is often remembered alongside her long leadership of the Woman’s Literary Club of Baltimore.
2 Audiobooks
The Royal Pawn of Venice
by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
A Golden Book of Venice
by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
About the author
Francese Hubbard Litchfield Turnbull, better known in print as Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull, was born on May 23, 1844, and died on February 28, 1927. She was an American novelist whose best-known books include Val Maria and The Golden Book of Venice.
Beyond her fiction, she played a major role in Baltimore’s cultural world. She served for many years as president of the Woman’s Literary Club of Baltimore, including its early years after the club’s founding in 1890, and she was known as a patron and admirer of the poet Sidney Lanier.
Archival records at Johns Hopkins also show how closely she was connected to literary and academic circles in Baltimore. Her surviving papers reflect both her writing life and her efforts to support tributes to Lanier, giving a glimpse of a writer who was active not only on the page, but in the larger cultural life around her.