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Rose Georgina Kingsley
1845–1925
Travel writing, gardening, art history, and children’s books all found a place in this versatile Victorian author’s work. Best known for lively books on Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, roses, and French art, she wrote with curiosity and range.
2 Audiobooks
Roses and Rose Growing
by Rose Georgina Kingsley
The Children of Westminster Abbey: Studies in English History
by Rose Georgina Kingsley
About the author
Born in 1845, Rose Georgina Kingsley was a British writer and the eldest child of the novelist and clergyman Charles Kingsley. She published across an unusually wide mix of subjects, including travel, gardening, history, and writing for younger readers.
Her books include South by West: Or, Winter in the Rocky Mountains and Spring in Mexico (1874), A History of French Art, 1100–1899, Roses and Rose Growing, Eversley Gardens and Others, and The Children of Westminster Abbey. That range helps explain her lasting interest: she could be observant and practical in one book, then turn to culture, landscape, or storytelling in the next.
Kingsley died in 1925. Although she is not as widely remembered as some writers in her family, her work still offers a vivid window into Victorian and early twentieth-century tastes in travel, gardens, art, and popular history.