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 Violet Jacob Arthuor's Star Sign
 Nationality - Scottish Profession - Author
 Date of birth - 1863 Date of death - 1946
 Place of birth - House of Dun by Montrose : Angus
Violet Jacob was born at the House of Dun by Montrose in 1863.

much of her fiction is set in Angus, including the novels The Interloper (1904), and the highly-regarded Flemington (1911), a gripping tale of the aftermath of Culloden.

She was also an accomplished poet in both Scots and English, and The Scottish Poems of Violet Jacob (1944) contains her best-known verse. From 1936-1946 she lived at Marywell House, Kirriemuir.

She is buried in Dun kirkyard. The House of Dun, now owned by the National Trust for Scotland, is open to visitors.



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