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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 Christie 's ...
The most popular (and now forgotten) Storyteller of Edwardian and Modernist England. 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).
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 – 22 November 1948), known as A. E. W. Mason, was an English novelist, playwright, actor, army officer, intelligence agent and – for a short period – a politician.
TitleYear Of First PublicationNotes1895NovelThe Courtship of Maurice Buckler1896NovelThe Philanderers1897NovelLawrence Clavering1897NovelA complete list of all A.E.W. Mason's books in order (34 books). Browse plot descriptions, book covers, genres, pseudonyms, ratings and awards.
A.E.W. Mason has 295 books on Goodreads with 16540 ratings. A.E.W. Mason’s most popular book is The Four Feathers.
A.E.W. Mason. 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.
Alfred Edward Woodley Mason is born on 7th May in Camberwell, the third son of Elizabeth and William Woodley Mason. 1878. Mason enters Dulwich College. 1880 or 1881. He spends his first holiday in the Alps. 1884. Mason enters Trinity College, Oxford. T. 1888. He takes his BA from Oxford and becomes an actor in the Compton Comedy Company. 1894
