Lennox Pelham Napier

Acutely aware of the fact that in her family boys were superior beings,ENwanted desperately to be a boy. She grew up in an upper-class family of Scottish and American descent. Her...

EN published her first full-length work: a volume of travel-sketches entitled Nothing So Blue, which she dedicated to her second husband, Lennox Napier .

She dedicated this novel to her daughter by Lennox Napier , Patricia.

On a return journey from the USA to Australia, Elma Gibbs first met her future second husband, Lennox Pelham Napier .

When she separated from her first husband , Elma Gibbs met Lennox Napier in San Francisco. They were married after her divorce became final.

EN 's aristocratic lineage brought her into contact with many notable government and royal figures. As a young girl, she often visited the fifteenth-century Château de Breteuil, not far from Paris, home of her...

After a two-year break from writing, EN , now living in Victoria, Australia, took up her pen again. The resulting short story, about a dentist's receptionist looking for romance, appeared in the Australasian in...

Upset by political developments in England and abroad, and fearful of the depth of the depression, EN and Lennox Napier emigrated with their children to the village of Calibishie in the island of Dominica.

Also during her time in Australia, EN discovered the love of travel that was to become so important a part of her life. The volume describes her trips to Japan, the USA, the...