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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dornford_YatesDornford Yates - Wikipedia

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   Dornford Yates. Cecil William Mercer (7 August 1885 – 5 March 1960), known by his pen name Dornford Yates, was an English writer and novelist whose novels and short stories, some humorous (the Berry books), some thrillers (the Chandos books), were best-sellers during the Interwar Period . The pen name Dornford Yates, first in print in 1910 ...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › List_of_works_by_Dornford_YatesList of works by Dornford Yates - Wikipedia

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   Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the English novelist Cecil William Mercer (7 August 1885 – 5 March 1960), whose novels and short stories, some humorous tales (the 'Berry' books) and some serious thrillers (the 'Chandos' books), were best-sellers in the period between the First and Second World Wars. This categorization of Yates's books is ...

   Title	Year Of First Publication	First Edition Publisher	Notes
   The Brother of Daphne	1914	Ward Lock & Co	Short stories, originally published in ...
   The Courts of Idleness	1920	Ward Lock & Co	Short stories, originally published in ...
   Berry and Co.	1921	Ward Lock & Co	Short stories, originally published in ...
   Jonah and Co.	1922	Ward Lock & Co	Short stories, originally published in ...

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4. www.goodreads.com › author › listBooks by Dornford Yates (Author of Blind Corner) - Goodreads

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   Dornford Yates has 133 books on Goodreads with 2577 ratings. Dornford Yates’s most popular book is Blind Corner (Chandos #1).

5. abfar.org.uk › refBiography and bibliography of Dornford Yates - ABfaR

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   Dornford Yates, real name Cecil William Mercer, born 1885 at Walmer, Kent, resident Pau, France 1922-40, and Umtali, Rhodesia, from 1946 until his death in 1960. The son of a solicitor, 'Dornford Yates' attended Harrow School and University College, Oxford. The family moved from Kent to London when he joined Harrow as a 'day boarder' in 1899 ...

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6. www.fictiondb.com › author › dornford-yates~24649Dornford Yates Book & Series List - FictionDB

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   Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the British novelist Cecil William Mercer (1885-1960). His novels and short stories, some humourous and some thrillers were best-sellers in the period between the two World Wars. Mercer was called to the bar in 190...

7. www.fantasticfiction.com › y › dornford-yatesDornford Yates - Fantastic Fiction

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   Dornford Yates. (Cecil William Mercer) ( 1885 - 1960) Born Cecil William Mercer into a middle class Victorian family, Yates' parents scraped together enough money to send him to Harrow. The son of a solicitor, he qualified for the bar but gave up legal work in favour of his great passion for writing.

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   Who was Dornford Yates?

   • Cecil William Mercer (7 August 1885 – 5 March 1960), known by his pen name Dornford Yates, was an English writer and novelist whose novels and short stories, some humorous (the Berry books), some thrillers (the Chandos books), were best-sellers during the Interwar Period .

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   How many 'Dornford Yates' books are there?

   • Within 'Dornford Yates' output were two separate series of books and well as several 'out of series' titles although some of the characters appear in both and in others outside the two series. The 'Berry' books tend to be light and humorous and the 'Chandos' books are adventure thrillers.

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   Where did the name Dornford Yates come from?

   • The pen name Dornford Yates, first in print in 1910, resulted from combining the maiden names of his grandmothers – the paternal Eliza Mary Dornford, and the maternal Harriet Yates. William (Bill) Mercer was born in Walmer, Kent, the son of Cecil John Mercer (1850–1921) and Helen Wall (1858–1918).

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   Why was Dornford Yates a bestseller?

   • As a consequence of education and experience, Yates' books feature the genteel life, a nostalgic glimpse at Edwardian decadence and a number of swindling solicitors. In his hey day and as testament to the fine writing in his novels, Dornford Yates' work was placed in the bestseller list.

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9. www.fictiondb.com › series › richard-chandosRichard Chandos Series in Order by Dornford Yates - FictionDB

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   Series list: Richard Chandos (8 Books) by Dornford Yates. A sortable list in reading order and chronological order with publication date, genre, and rating.