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April 24, 2024 | History

Hebe Elsna

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.

Born 27 July 1890
Died 7 January 1983

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  • Cover of: The Brimming Cup
    First published in 1965 7 editions

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  • Cover of: The cherished ones
    First published in 1974 5 editions

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  • Cover of: The Love Match
    First published in 1956 5 editions

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  • Cover of: Unwanted wife: a defence of Mrs. Charles Dickens.

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  • Cover of: The Wise Virgin
    First published in 1967 5 editions

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  • Cover of: Lady On the Coin
    First published in 1963 5 editions

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  • Cover of: Saxon's folly
    First published in 1966 5 editions

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  • Cover of: The Heir of Garlands
    First published in 1968 4 editions

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  • Cover of: Take Pity Upon Youth
    First published in 1962 4 editions

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  • Cover of: Beyond Reasonable Doubt
    First published in 1962 4 editions

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  • Cover of: A house called Pleasance
    First published in 1963 4 editions

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  • Cover of: Too well beloved
    First published in 1964 4 editions

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  • Cover of: The undying past
    First published in 1964 4 editions

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  • Cover of: I bequeath
    First published in 1955 4 editions

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  • Cover of: The Lonely Dreamer
    First published in 1961 4 editions

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  • Cover of: Gallant lady
    First published in 1968 4 editions

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  • Cover of: The Queen's ward
    First published in 1967 4 editions

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  • Cover of: Elusive Crown
    First published in 1973 4 editions

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  • Cover of: The abbot's house
    First published in 1969 4 editions

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  • Cover of: The China Princess
    First published in 1965 3 editions

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Born 27 July 1890
Died 7 January 1983

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April 24, 2024 Edited by Сергей Малышев Added new photo
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June 8, 2016 Edited by Hemanth Kumar merged duplicate records
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