Henriette Paalzow
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Henriette von Paalzow, née Wach (1788, in Berlin – 30 October 1847, in Berlin) was a German historical novelist.
Henriette Wach was the sister of the painter Karl Wilhelm Wach.[1] She married a Prussian officer, Major Paalzow, in 1816, though the marriage was dissolved in 1821. Her historical novels were compared to those of Walter Scott.[2]
Works
[edit]- (anon.) Godwie-Castle, 3 vols, 1838
- St. Roche, 3 vols, 1839. Translated into English by James Justinian Morier as St. Roche. A romance, from the German, 1847
- Thomas Thurnau, 3 vols, 1843. Translated into English by Mary Howitt as The citizen of Prage, 1846.
- Jakob van der Rees, 1844
References
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