Joan Haslip

{{Short description|English writer (1912–1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=June 2016}}

'''Joan Haslip''' (27 February 1912 – 19 June 1994) was an English writer who wrote several historical books, often focusing on [[European royalty]].<ref name = "Independent">{{cite news |title=Obituary: Joan Haslip |date=22 June 1994 |last=Grant |first=Michael |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-joan-haslip-1424559.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220609/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-joan-haslip-1424559.html |archive-date=9 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent|access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref>

She was born in London and educated in London, Paris, and [[Florence]]. Her first book, ''Out of Focus'', appeared in 1931; among her other notable publications are biographies of [[Hester Stanhope|Lady Hester Stanhope]] (1934) and [[Charles Stewart Parnell]] (1937). In addition, she was a regular journalist for the ''[[London Mercury]]'',<ref name = "Independent"/> the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', ''Evening News'', and ''[[The Illustrated London News]]''. She also worked for the Italian section of the [[BBC]] from 1941 to 1944.<ref name = "TNYT" >{{cite news |title=Joan Haslip, Writer, Dies at 82; Biographer of Women in History |date=27 June 1994 |last=Pace |first=Eric |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/27/obituaries/joan-haslip-writer-dies-at-82-biographer-of-women-in-history.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=21 June 2016}}</ref> Her books were generally regarded as accurate and fairly complete, although at times falling prey to "outdated interpretations". Haslip was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.<ref name = "TNYT" />

== List of works == * ''Out of Focus'' (1931) * ''Grandfather's Steps'' (1932) * ''Recipes from Vienna'' (1933) by Evelyn Bach (introduction) * ''Peonies and Magnolias'' (1934) * ''[[Lady Hester Stanhope]]'' (1934) * ''[[Charles Stewart Parnell|Parnell]]'' (1937) * ''Fairy Tales from the Balkans'' (1943) illustrated by Dodo Adler * ''[[Lucrezia Borgia]]'' (1953) * ''The Sultan: The Life of [[Abdul Hamid II|Sultan Abdul Hamid]]'' (1958) * ''The Lonely Empress: a Biography of [[Empress Elisabeth of Austria|Elizabeth of Austria]]'' (1965) * ''Imperial Adventurer: [[Maximilian of Mexico|Emperor Maximilian]] of Mexico'' (1971) ** US edition ''The Crown of Mexico: Maximilian and his Empress Carlota'' (1971) * ''[[Catherine the Great]]'' (1977) * ''The Emperor and the Actress: The Love Story of [[Franz Joseph I of Austria|Emperor Franz Josef]] & [[Katharina Schratt]]'' (1982) * ''[[Marie Antoinette]]'' (1987) * ''[[Madame du Barry]]'' (1991)

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