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Una Pope-Hennessy
1876–1949
A British writer, historian, and biographer, Una Pope-Hennessy brought lively detail to studies of revolutionaries, queens, artists, and literary figures. Her wide-ranging work also reflected her interest in Ireland, Catholicism, and the cultural life of her time.
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Secret societies and the French revolution : together with some kindred studies
by Una Pope-Hennessy
About the author
Born Una Constance Birch in 1876, she became known as a writer of historical biographies and studies. In 1910, she married Major-General Ladislaus Richard Pope-Hennessy and later became the mother of writer James Pope-Hennessy and art historian John Pope-Hennessy.
During the First World War, she worked with the Central Prisoners of War Committee and was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1920. Her books include Anna van Schurman, Secret Societies and the French Revolution, Madame Roland, Mary Stuart, Agnes Strickland, Charles Dickens, and Canon Charles Kingsley, as well as a study of early Chinese jades.