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Author. Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 – 22 November 1948) was an English author and Liberal Party Member of Parliament. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, The Four Feathers, and is also known as the creator of Inspector Hanaud, a French detective who was an early template for Agatha ...
Born in 1865 into a middle-class family, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason was destined to an unusual fate: becoming one of the most popular authors in life and being almost forgotten soon after his death (in 1948). He was educated at Oxford and, after a few years spent acting in touring companies, he settled in London to become a playwright. Even ...
Novel. They Wouldn't be Chessmen. 1935. Novel. The House in Lordship Lane. 1946. Novel. Hanaud also features in the short story The Ginger King (1940), and makes a brief appearance in The Sapphire (1933). The 1931 volume A. E. W. Mason Omnibus: Inspector Hanaud's Investigations is a collection of the first three novels with an introduction by ...
TitleYear Of First PublicationNotes1895NovelThe Courtship of Maurice Buckler1896NovelThe Philanderers1897NovelLawrence Clavering1897NovelAlfred Edward Woodley Mason (1865-1948), who wrote as A.E.W. Mason, had a long and productive career. He wrote many novels and short stories, ranging from mysteries and courtroom thrillers to the classic adventure novel, THE FOUR FEATHERS.
Other books are The House of th. Major Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers. He studied at Dulwich College and graduated from Trinity College, Oxford in 1888. He was a contemporary of fellow Liberal ...
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A.E.W. Mason has 284 books on Goodreads with 16502 ratings. A.E.W. Mason’s most popular book is The Four Feathers.
