About this Book

Florence Henrietta, Lady Darwin, nee Fisher (1864-1920), was an English playwright. She married first Frederic William Maitland (1850- 1906), jurist and historian, and they had two daughters Ermengard and Fredegond. Fredegond was a poet who married the economist Gerald Frank Shove. In 1913 Florence became the third wife of Sir Francis Darwin, the twice-widowed botanist son of Charles Darwin. Posthumously published were Six Plays (1921), including the plays The New Year, The Seeds of Love, Princess Royal, My Man John, Bushes and Briars and The Lover's Tasks. A book called Green Broom was published in 1923.