About Henriette Paalzow
Lived 1788 – 1847 (aged 58–59). Henriette Paalzow was a German writer and novelist.
Henriette von Paalzow, née Wach (1788, in Berlin – 30 October 1847, in Berlin) was a German historical novelist.
Henriette Wach was the sister of the painter Karl Wilhelm Wach. She married a Prussian officer, Major Paalzow, in 1816, though the marriage was dissolved in 1821. Her historical novels were compared to those of Walter Scott.
Works (anon.) Godwie-Castle, 3 vols, 1838 St. Roche, 3 vols, 1839. Translated into English by James Justinian Morier as St. Roche. A romance, from the German, 1847 Thomas Thurnau, 3 vols, 1843. Translated into English by Mary Howitt as The citizen of Prage, 1846. Jakob van der Rees, 1844
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German historical novelist
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Henriette Paalzow was born in 1788 in Berlin.
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Henriette Paalzow died on 30 October 1847 in Berlin.
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Henriette Paalzow was a writer and novelist.
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Henriette Paalzow was German.
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