Gerard, Louise
Entry updated 25 November 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1878-1970) UK author, almost exclusively of romances, some of them literally bodice-rippers, featuring heroines who are frequently abducted, bound, raped, and who then fall in love with the aristocratic perp; her first novel, The Golden Centipede (1910), features, on the other hand, a dominatrix white queen, a She figure who rules a Lost Race in the heart of darkest Africa. [JC]
Amelia Louise Gerard
born Basford, Nottingham: 26 March 1878
died Leicester, Leicestershire: 5 November 1970
works
- The Golden Centipede (London: Methuen and Co, 1910) [hb/]
- The Bride of the Night (London: Mills and Boon, 1930) [hb/]
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