Laura Conway
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Born Dorothy Phoebe Ansle on 27 July 1890 in Ventnor, Isle of Wight, England, UK, daugther of the second marriage formed by Mary Phillipps (née Embling), who ran a boardinghouse, and Frederick Philip Ansle (1897-1938), who had various profesions, like butcher and wine merchant. She was the younger child in common. She was a pupil at Royal Masonic School for Girls, and went on to some further education at Caversham. She married Irish Francis Ignatius Keogh, and they lived in Dublin before they instaled in London on 1927. On 1928, she published her first novel, under the penname of Hebe Elsna. She published more than 200 novels, mainly romance and dramatic novels or novelized historical biographies, under diferent pseudonyms and titles. She wrote under the pennames Hebe Elsna, Vicky Lancaster, Lyndon Snow, and Laura Conway. She later lived in Surrey and then Hove. Her husband died in 1965. She continued to live in the Hove area till her own death on 7 January 1983.
Books
The night of the party
Lucy Nevis's elderly employer, self-made millionaire Cornelius Wicklow, charms but dominates all those he meets. Returning with him from business abroad to the Wicklow country home, Lucy finds that his family do not all find it easy to accept his rule, particularly his grandson, Marcus Wicklow. Marcus troubles Lucy by his open hostility, especially when he warns her of his grandfather's ruthlessness. Though Lucy feels Marcus to be a dangerously attractive man, she cannot resist their growing relationship - and this is strongly condemned by Cornelius. Tormented by loyalty to her employer, Lucy is faced with a difficult choice. Matters came to a dramatic head on the night of Julia Wicklow's 21st party.
The Lonely Dreamer
An uncommon novel about the life of the writer Marie Corelli and her friend and companion Bertha Vyver.
The Undying Past
Pleasance, built in the reign of Edward IV, desends to the women in the Grenton family. The Undying Past, the third and last volume of a trilogy, chronicles the residence there of Ives, an immensely rich gentleman from Virginia, who comes to live at Pleasance during the early days of Queen Victoria's reign. Pleasance Series Book 1: A House Called Pleasance Book 2: Too Well Beloved Book 3: The Undying Past