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Mrs. Rodolph Stawell
1865–1949
An English writer and translator with an unusually wide range, she moved from fairy tales and travel books to lively retellings of history and natural science. Her work has the curiosity and storytelling ease of an author who clearly enjoyed making old subjects feel vivid again.
4 Audiobooks
Fairies I Have Met
by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell
Motor tours in Yorkshire
by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell
Motor Tours in the West Country
by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell
Motor Tours in Wales & the Border Counties
by Mrs. Rodolph Stawell
About the author
Born Maud Margaret Key in 1865, she is generally listed as Maud Margaret Key Stawell and is often credited under the married name Mrs. Rodolph Stawell. Reference sources identify her as an English author and translator, and her published work shows a notably broad reach across children's literature, travel writing, biography, and popular nonfiction.
Her books include fairy-themed stories as well as the well-known Motor Tours travel volumes on places such as Wales, the West Country, and Yorkshire. She also translated and adapted work connected with Jean-Henri Fabre, helping bring natural history to a wider readership in an accessible, engaging style.
Stawell died in 1949. Although biographical details are not abundant in the sources I could confirm, her bibliography suggests a writer with a gift for clear narrative and for opening up many different kinds of subjects to general readers.