author
Sophie Cole
1862–1947
A prolific British novelist, she helped launch the early Mills & Boon list and became known for romantic fiction as well as books about London. Her work ranges from popular love stories to atmospheric explorations of the city’s older corners.
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The Lure of Old London
by Sophie Cole
About the author
Born in Clapham, South London, in 1862, she was educated at private schools and later described writing as something she began for pleasure and then continued as a way of making a living.
She became an important early author for Mills & Boon, with Arrows from the Dark noted by the publisher’s archive as its first publication. Alongside her many romance novels, she also wrote books such as The Lure of Old London, showing a wider interest in place, history, and the character of the city.
Remembered as a prolific British writer, she published across several decades and remained closely associated with popular fiction in the first half of the twentieth century. She died in 1947.