Emily Sarah Holt

Emily Sarah Holt (1836–1893) was an English novelist. She was born at Stubbylee, Bacup, in Lancashire, 25 April 1836. She was the eldest daughter of John Holt whose wife Judith was the 3rd daughter of James Mason of Greens (who was JP for Lancashire and the West Riding). It is said she was educated at Oxford. In late 1893 when at Harrogate, she became ill and went to her brother in Balham (London), where she died on Christmas Day.

She was buried in the Church of St Saviour's, Bacup, where there is a memorial.

Holt had written over fifty books, mainly for children. Most of Holt's work can be classified as historical novels (52 are listed in the BML catalogue). Holt's work has a Protestant religious theme.

Works Novels unless otherwise stated

Memoirs Of Royal Ladies 2 volumes 1861 Mistress Margery 1868 Ashcliffe Hall 1870 Sister Rose 1870 Isoult Barry Of Wynscote, Her Diurnal Book 1871 Robin Tremayne 1872 The Well In The Desert 1872 Verena non-fiction 1873 The White Rose Of Langley 1875 Clare Avery 1876 Imogen 1876 For The Master's Sake 1877 Lettice Eden 1877 Margery's Son 1878 Lady Sybil's Choice 1879 Earl Hubert's Daughter 1880 The Maidens' Lodge 1880 Joyce Morrell's Harvest 1881 At Ye Grene Griffin 1882 Red And White 1882 Stephen Mainwaring's Wooing, With Other Fireside Tales, (w others) (short stories) 1882 Not For Him 1883 The Way Of The Cross, (short stories) 1883 John De Wycliffe, The First Of The Reformers, biography 1884 Ye Olden Time, non-fiction 1884 The Lord Mayor 1884 Wearyholme 1884 The Lord Of The Marches 1884 A Tangled Web 1885