Research topic: Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole 1884-1941, English novelist, b. New Zealand, educated at Cambridge. His first two novels were failures, but with Fortitude (1913) he achieved financial and literary success. He was an uneven writer who turned out colorful, descriptive prose at a rapid pace; his best-known works include the historical Herries novels— Rogue Herries (1930), Judith Paris (1931), The Fortress (1932), and Vanessa (1933). Portrait of a Man with Red Hair (1925) is probably his best horror story. There are autobiographical elements in Jeremy (1919), Jeremy and... Read more