Peacock, Lucy (fl. 1785–1816)

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Peacock, Lucy (fl. 1785–1816)

English bookseller and author. Probably born c. 1770 in London; not much is known about her personal history.

Ran a bookshop on Oxford Street, London; wrote children's stories, for the most part anonymously, including The Adventures of the Six Princesses of Babylon; also edited The Juvenile Magazine.

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