Macaulay, Rose (1881-1958), was an English novelist, poet, and travel writer. She became known for a series of witty and satirical novels, including Potterism (1920), Dangerous Ages (1921), Told by an Idiot (1923), Crewe Train (1926), and Staying with Relations (1930). Macaulay wrote a historical romance about the English poet Robert Herrick, published in England as They Were Defeated (1932) and in the United States as The Shadow Flies. After the end of World War II in 1945, she wrote two more novels, The World My Wilderness (1950) and The Towers of Trebizond (1956).
Macaulay’s poetry was published in such collections as The Two Blind Countries (1914) and Three Days (1919). Her travel books include They Went to Portugal (1946), Fabled Shore (1949), and The Pleasure of Ruins (1953). She also wrote a biography of the English poet John Milton in 1934 and a critical study of English author E. M. Forster in 1938.
Emilie Rose Macaulay was born on Aug. 1, 1881, in Rugby, England. She studied at Oxford University. Macaulay published her first novel, Abbots Verney, in 1906. In 1958, Queen Elizabeth II made her a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and she became known as Dame Rose Macaulay. She died on Oct. 30, 1958.
