Margaret Armstrong (1) (1867–1944)
Author of Fanny Kemble, a Passionate Victorian
For other authors named Margaret Armstrong, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
Margaret Armstrong (1867-1944) was born in New York to a wealthy family. She was a prolific book cover designer, and her design work has been the focus of several major exhibits and is widely collected today. She is the author of Fanny Kemble, A Passionate Victorian and Trelawny, A Man's Life as show more well as three murder mysteries. show less
Works by Margaret Armstrong
Associated Works
The Tavern Lamps Are Burning: Literary Journeys through Six Regions and Four Centuries of New York State (1964) — Contributor — 20 copies
Day Before Yesterday: Reminiscenses of a Varied Life — Editor — 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Armstrong, Margaret Neilson
- Birthdate
- 1867-09-24
- Date of death
- 1944-07-18
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- New York, New York, USA
- Occupations
- illustrator
mystery writer
biographer - Relationships
- Armstrong, Hamilton Fish (brother)
Armstrong, Maitland (father) - Short biography
- Margaret Armstrong was born in New York City to a wealthy family and was among a number of important woman cover designers, beginning her work in the late 1880s. She began her career at A.C. McClurg and then went on to other publishers, primarily Scribner's, for whom she designed half of her total output of about 270 books. Armstrong also specialized in designing many of the works of a few authors including Myrtle Reed, Henry Van Dyke, Paul Bourget, and Paul Laurence Dunbar.
On a trip to the US west, she took careful notes on the wild flowers she saw and published them in a field guide. Toward the end of her career, she also authored several mysteries, two biographies -- including Fanny Kemble, A Passionate Victorian (1938) -- and edited her family's papers.
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Murder in Stained Glass by Margaret Armstrong
A classic mystery from the 1930s, quite enjoyable with some surprises. The author, Margaret Armstrong, lived from 1867 to 1944. She was mostly known as an illustrator and designer but she wrote several mysteries in the 30s. She was best known for being the illustrator of a field guide to wildflowers and the designer of book covers. I may be looking for some of her other works.
The body of a local glass artist is discovered while Miss Harriet Trumbull is staying with her friend Charlotte Blair at Bassett's Bridge. Her interest is piqued and she starts to investigate.
An enjoyable mystery, original written in 1939.
An enjoyable mystery, original written in 1939.
This is classic 1930's biography that, while not as scholarly as modern works breathes life into the story. It is based heavily on Trelawney's (a charasmatic braggart and truth-stretcher) autobiography. Clearly, Armstrong admired him. I loved the man as well after reading this. This is a fascinating almost unbelievable biography about Edward Trelawny. As a family the Trelawnys were always courageous, adventurous, full of vitality, eccentric, unreliable, prone to extremes - and Edward was true to the tradition. While still a very young man, sailing in he Indian Ocean under the French flag, he captured a pirate town in Madagascar. He rescued the daughter of an Arab sheik and married her, only to lose her by poisoning. He told her a story in his famous "Adventures of a Younger son."
In Italy, Trelawny's friendship with Shelley ripened into the greatest experience of his life. After Shelley's tragic death, it was Trelawny who undertook the burning of his body on the beach near Via Reggio.
Fighting, with Byron, for the freedom of Greece; living in a cave on Mount Atlas with a Greek chieftain' visiting America, where he bought a slave in order to set him free - these were some of the other highlights of his career. Hardy and handsome to the last, he died at eighty-one, and at his request his ashes were buried beside those of Shelley in Rome. Ardent alike in friendship, passion, and love of freedom, Edward Trelawny lived a life of almost incredible adventure. And his biographer brings out all of his dramatic color. Exciting reading.… (more)
In Italy, Trelawny's friendship with Shelley ripened into the greatest experience of his life. After Shelley's tragic death, it was Trelawny who undertook the burning of his body on the beach near Via Reggio.
Fighting, with Byron, for the freedom of Greece; living in a cave on Mount Atlas with a Greek chieftain' visiting America, where he bought a slave in order to set him free - these were some of the other highlights of his career. Hardy and handsome to the last, he died at eighty-one, and at his request his ashes were buried beside those of Shelley in Rome. Ardent alike in friendship, passion, and love of freedom, Edward Trelawny lived a life of almost incredible adventure. And his biographer brings out all of his dramatic color. Exciting reading.… (more)
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