Randall Parrish (1858-1923) is one of the most outstanding American novelists who is know as the author of such novels as When Wilderness was King (1904), My Lady of the North (1905), The Sword of the Old Frontier (1905), Bob Hampton of Placer (1906), Beth Norvell: A Romance of the West (1907), Prisoners of Chance (1908), My Lady of the South (1909), Keith of the Border (1910), Love Under Fire (1911), My Lady of Doubt (1911), Gordon Craig (1912), Molly McDonald (1912), The Maid of the Forest (1913), Shea of the Irish Brigade (1914), Beyond the Frontier (1916), The Devil's Own (1917), Wolves of the Sea (1918), The Strange Case of Cavendish (1918), and The Case and the Girl (1922). My Lady of the North is a great work in which such genres as fiction, action and romance and history are mixed. The plot of the story is truly amazing and carrying away. It describes the events of Confederate Civil War and a man who served as a soldier there. He got injured and found himself in prison camp where he fell in love with a nurse. The ending is happy and truly amazing. Although the novel was written a lot time ago, it rises immortal questions such as love and happiness and would definitely be interesting for modern readers.