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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Mercy Mary Grogan

Author: Mercy Mary Grogan (1827–1868)

Alternate Name(s): Erick Mackenzie (pseudonym); Adams (maiden name)

Biography: Mercy Mary Grogan was born in 1827 in St. Giles, the daughter of Thomas Adams. In 1847, she married William Grogan. She wrote a single novel The Roua Pass: or, Englishmen in the Highlands (1857) under the pseudonym "Erick Mackenzie." She died in 1868 in Windsor. Note: identified in the Smith, Elder accounts.

References: British Census (1841, 1851, 1861)

Fiction Titles:

  1. The Roua Pass: or, Englishmen in the Highlands.  3 vol.  London: Smith, Elder, 1857.