Lifespan: 1802-1882
Nationality: Irish
Genres: Historical novels
Types of Work: Novels, Travelogues
Bio:
Selina Bunbury was born in 1802 at Kisaran House, County Louth, to Rev Henry Bunbury, a descendant of the Lords Ferrars. She shared a family relation to Fanny Burney, after whom she modelled herself. She wrote travel books, novels, and religious works. She died in 1882.
Novels:
Cabin Conversations and Castle Scenes (1827)
My Foster Brother (1827)
The Abbey of Innismoyle (1828)
Annot and her Pupil: A Simple Story (1829)
Gertrude and her Family (1830)
Tales of my Country (1833)
Coombe Alley (1843)
The Castle and the Hovel (1844)
The Star of the Court, or The Maid of Honour and Queen of England (1844)
Our Own Story, or The History of Magdelene and Basil St Pierre (1856)
Sir Guy D'Esterre (1858)