Deborah Alcock facts for kids
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Deborah Alcock
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Deborah Alcock
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Deborah Alcock
1835 |
| Died | 15 January 1913 |
| Occupation | author |
| Years active | 1857-1908 |
| Known for | "The Spanish Brothers" (1870) |
| Parent(s) | Venerable John Alcock, Jane |
Deborah Alcock (born 1835, died 15 January 1913) was a writer from the Victorian era. She was known for her historical fiction stories, which often had religious themes.
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About Deborah Alcock
Early Life and Family
Deborah Alcock was born in Kilkenny, a city in Ireland. Her father was named John Alcock, and her mother was Jane. Her father later became an important church leader called the Archdeacon of Waterford.
When Deborah was about 15 years old, in 1851, she was living on the Isle of Man with her parents. She also lived with her aunt, Sally McKenny, and two cousins, Deborah Barllie and Barbara Gose. They had two servants helping them at home.
Reading and Writing
As a child, Deborah enjoyed reading stories about good children and missionaries. Missionaries are people who travel to share their religious beliefs.
However, her father did not want her to read many popular novels of the time. He banned books by famous authors like Elizabeth Gaskell and Charlotte Brontë. But he did allow her to read novels by Sir Walter Scott. These stories greatly influenced her own writing style and the types of themes she chose for her books.
Adult Life and Health
Deborah Alcock never married. She lived with her father for many years. After he passed away, she wrote a book about him called Walking with God: A Memoir of the Venerable John Alcock.
She often moved around. In 1891, she was visiting a friend in London. By 1901, she was living in Bournemouth, Dorset, with her cousin Mary Smith. A magazine called The Sunday at Home interviewed her in 1900. They learned that she often felt unwell but was always excited about her writing.
Later in her life, around 1911, Deborah moved to Sussex. She lived for a while in St Leonards with another writer, Elizabeth Boyd Bayly. Deborah Alcock died at her home in Hastings in 1913. She left a good amount of money in her will. After her death, Elizabeth Boyd Bayly wrote a book about Deborah's life in 1914.
Deborah Alcock's Books
Stories of History and Faith
Deborah Alcock wrote many historical fiction books. These stories often took place in the past and focused on events related to the Protestant church. She wrote about people who bravely stood up for their beliefs.
One of her most famous books is The Spanish Brothers, published in 1870. This story is set in the 1500s. Another book, The Czar (1882), takes place during the time of the French invasion of Russia. Her books were popular and some were even translated into Dutch, German, and French.
List of Books
Here are some of the books Deborah Alcock wrote:
- The Life of Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden (1857)
- The Seven Churches of Asia, or, The Seven Golden Candlesticks (1860)
- Sunset in Provence (1864)
- The Dark Year of Dundee: Tale of the Scottish Reformation (1867)
- The Spanish Brothers: A Tale of the Sixteenth Century (1871)
- Tales of Martyr Times (1872)
- In the Shadow of God (1877)
- Lessons on Early Church History (1879)
- In the Shadow of God. [Part I:] In the Desert: A Story of the Church Under the Cross (1880)
- The Czar: A Tale of the Time of The First Napoleon (1882)
- The Roman Students; or, On the Wings of the Morning (1883)
- Archie's Chances (1886)
- The Child's Victory (1889)
- Geneviève; or, the Children of Port Royal. A story of Old France (1889)
- Crushed yet Conquering: A Story of Constance and Bohemia (1891)
- Prisoners of Hope (1894)
- By Far Euphrates; A Tale (1897)
- No Cross, No Crown: A Tale of the Scottish Reformation (1900)
- Under the Southern Cross: A Tale of the New World (1900)
- Under Calvin's Spell; or, A Tale of the heroic Times in Old Geneva (1902)
- Done and Dared in Old France (1907)
- The Romance of Protestantism (1908)
