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Agnes Grozier Herbertson
Agnes Grozier Herbertson (c. 1875 – 1958) was a Norwegian writer and poet who later lived in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Herbertson was born in Oslo circa 1875 to a Scots family and privately educated. She grew up in Glasgow, and later moved to Oxford and then Cornwall, where she lived with her sister Jessie Leckie Herbertson. Henderson began publishing shortly after her teens, writing several fairy tales for ''The People's Friend'' circa 1895. Later works included short stories for periodicals including ''The Windsor Magazine'', ''Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal'', and ''Little Folks Magazine'', where her stories included "romantic fairy tale" "The Hop-About Man." Henderson's novels include ''The Plowers'' (1906), about a woman whose scientist husband conducts inhuman experiments, and ''The Ship That Came Home in the Dark'', about a woman who tries to take the place of a blind man's wife. In a 1919 book of poems, ''The Quiet Heart'', Henderson addresses topics including World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, with the River Tamar forming the border between them. Cornwall forms the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula of the island of Great Britain. The southwesternmost point is Land's End and the southernmost Lizard Point. Cornwall has a population of and an area of . The county has been administered since 2009 by the unitary authority, Cornwall Council. The ceremonial county of Cornwall also includes the Isles of Scilly, which are administered separately. The administrative centre of Cornwall is Truro, its only city. Cornwall was formerly a Brythonic kingdom and subsequently a royal duchy. It is the cultural and ethnic origin of the Cornish dias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
