Minerva Press, 1790 - 1821

If, as seems likely, it was Holford's eldest daughter (Margaret Holford later Hodson) who wrote Calaf, a Persian Tale, first published in the earlier part of 1798, then it was probably her mother who...

HC , as the Author of Adelaide de Narbonne, published Stella of the North; or, The Foundling of the Ship: A Novel, in four volumes with Minerva Press .

In 1871 the author of Manfroné (which was reprinted by Minerva Press in 1819 and 1828) was identified in Notes and Queries as a different Mary Ann Radcliffe, who lived in Durham and was a...

AL , as Eugenia de Acton, published with the Minerva Press a novel she called A Tale Without a Title: give it what you please.

It appeared in one volume from the Minerva Press . A new edition was issued by December that year, and another in 1796. The niece, Charlotte, not yet sixteen, was the daughter of...

MM 's second book appeared from the Minerva Press : Melbourne, A Novel, as by the author of Deloraine.

It opens with a brief eulogy of military commander John Moore , then moves to soldiers in the story landing at Portsmouth on their return from the Peninsular War. Many are badly wounded; one, a...

In this highly satirical treatment of the fashionable novel of the day, the woman-writer-protagonist's publisher Mr Newman (clearly a hit at A. K. Newman of the Minerva Press ) repeatedly reads her works aloud and...