Author. Born George Alfred Henty in Trumpington, near Cambridge. He volunteered for the Army Hospital Commissariat, and was sent to the Crimea, where he witnessed the appalling conditions under which British soldiers had to fight. He wrote 122 historical adventure novels which were popular in his time, but these are now virtually forgotten.
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G. A. Henty
Prolific writer: crime, novels, journalism, plays films. Born 7 Ashburnham Grove, Greenwich to an unmarried mother. Â Adopted by a Billingsgate fish porter and wife. Â Aged 18 joined the army medical...
Person, Cinema, Journalism / Publishing, Literature, Theatre
Writer. Born at 21 Washington Place, New York City. Initially he studied to be a lawyer, but gave it up in favour of writing literary reviews and short stories. His better-known works include 'Wash...
The second of the Sherlock Holmes novels written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Originally called the Sign of The Four, it has a complex plot involving the East India Company, the Indian Rebellion of 1...
Poet and essayist. Born Henry Austin Dobson at Plymouth, Devon. He spent his entire working life at the Board of Trade. His first poems were published in 1868. In 1876 he and a group of other poets...
Novel written by Leonard Woolf, published 1913, based on his experiences as a colonial civil servant in British-controlled Ceylon, but unusually written from the native point of view.
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