The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Brooke, Frances

BROOKE, Frances (née ), English novelist: b. 1724; d. 1789. Her husband, Rev. John Brooke, rector of Colney, Norfolk, was chaplain to the garrison at Quebec. She spent some years in Canada and published, in 1769, &lsquo;Emily Montague,&rsquo; the first Canadian novel. Among her other works were &lsquo;History of Lady Julia Mandeville&rsquo; (1763), and two musical entertainments, &lsquo;Siege of Sinope&rsquo; (1781); &lsquo;Marian&rsquo; (1788).