Books By Lady Florence Dixie, Mint Editions - Author

Lady Florence Dixie (1855-1905) was a Scottish feminist, novelist, and war correspondent. Born in Dumfries, Scotland, she was the daughter of Archibald Douglas, Marquess of Queensberry, and his wife Caroline Margaret Clayton. As a girl, Florence was inseparable from her twin brother James and spent much of her youth swimming, hunting, and riding with her brothers. Following their father’s death from a possible suicide in 1858, the family moved to France with Caroline in the midst of a custody dispute with the Douglas family. Several years later, having retained custody of her children, Caroline returned to England, where Florence was first educated at home by a governess and then at a convent school. Soon, tragedy struck once more—having completed the first ascent of the Matterhorn, her older brother Francis fell to his death while descending, leaving the family distraught and causing sensational headlines in newspapers around the globe. In 1875, Florence married Sir Alexander Beaumont Churchill Dixie, with w