Mary Mackay, also called Minnie Mackey, and known by her pseudonym Marie Corelli was an English novelist.
From the appearance of her first novel A Romance of Two Worlds in 1886, she became the bestselling fiction-writer in England,[citation needed] her works largely concerned with Christianity, reincarnation, astral projection and mysticism. Yet despite her many distinguished patrons, she was often ridiculed by critics. Corelli lived her later years in Stratford-upon-Avon, whose historic buildings she fought hard to preserve.
Mary Mackay was a British novelist who began her career as a musician, adopting the name Marie Corelli for her billing. She gave up music, turning to writing instead and in 1886 published her first novel, A Romance of Two Worlds. In her time, she was the most widely read author of...
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