Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour (1884-1941)

Walpole, Sir Hugh Seymour (1884-1941)

English novelist, born in New Zealand, author of best-selling novels dealing chiefly with middle- and upper-class English life.

His books include The Wooden Horse ( 1909); Maradick at Forty ( 1910); Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill ( 1911); The Prelude to Adventure ( 1912); Fortitude ( 1913), his best-known work; The Duchess of Wrexe ( 1914); The Golden Scarecrow ( 1915); The Dark Forest ( 1916); The Green Mirror ( 1918); The Secret City ( 1919); Jeremy ( 1919), Jeremy and Hamlet ( 1923), and Jeremy at Crale ( 1927); The Captives ( 1920); The Thirteen Travelers ( 1921); The Cathedral ( 1922); The Young Enchanted ( 1922); The Old Ladies ( 1924); Portrait of a Man with Red Hair ( 1925); Harmer John ( 1926); Wintersmoon ( 1928); The Silver Thorn ( 1928); Farthing Hall ( 1929), written with J. B. Priestley; Hans Frost ( 1929); Rogue Herries ( 1930), Judith Paris ( 1931), The Fortress ( 1932), and Vanessa ( 1933), a historical tetralogy; Above the Dark Tumult ( 1931); All Souls' Night ( 1933), a collection of stories; Captain Nicholas ( 1934); The Inquisitor ( 1935); A Prayer for My Son ( 1936); John Cornelius ( 1937); The Joyful Delaneys ( 1938); The Haxtons ( 1939), a play; The Sea Tower ( 1939); Roman Fountain ( 1940); The Bright Pavilions ( 1940); The Blind Man's House ( 1941); The Killer and the Slain ( 1942); Katherine Christian ( 1943), an unfinished novel.