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Aug 7, 1885 — Mar 5, 1960· 74 yrs

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Dornford Yates

Also known as: Cecil William Mercer, Dornford YATES

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> Dornford Yates was the pseudonym of the English novelist, Cecil William Mercer, whose novels and short stories, some humorous (the Berry books), some thrillers (the Chandos books), were best-sellers in the 21-year interwar period between the First and Second world wars. The pen name, Dornford Yates, first in print in 1910, resulted from combining the surnames of his grandmothers – the paternal Eliza Mary Dornford, and the maternal Harriet Yates. [Wikipedia]

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The Courts of Idleness

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Blood royal

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Originally published in December, 1914 issue of The People's Magazine, here is a classic tale from H. Bedford-Jones, known at the time as the "King of the Pulps."The original editorial description: "Had the king lived, there had been no murder of womenfolk; but Bedfort had shot down the king from behind and fled to Mackinac, untouched of the law, and the kingdom had fallen into hands weaker and more cruel. Therefore had come voyageur, lumberjack, fisherman, bearing with them retribution." Here in two sentences is the setting of this, the latest of H. Bedford-Jones' remarkable romances, which is also his best. The proof of the story is in the reading.Published as part of the Wildside Pulp Classics series.

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Red in the morning

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The seventh novel in the Chandos thriller series, set in France after the war, amongst the beautiful landscapes of Biarritz, Pau and the Pyrenees

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