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Margaret Sheridan (writer)

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Margaret Sheridan, Comtesse de Renéville (-1980 was a British writer who wrote under the name Mary Motley. Sheridan was daughter of sculptress Clare Sheridan.

Life

Margaret Sheridan spent some time in Biskra, Algeria, and travelled extensively in the Saharan region. In 1935 she married Comte Guy de Renéville, an officer in the French army, and later Chef de Cabinet Militaire to the Governor General of French Equatorial Africa.

She wrote two autobiographies about her time in Algeria and the French Congo:

Bibliography

  • 'Devils in Waiting' (1960)
  • 'Morning Glory' (1961)

See also

References