Vaughan Wilkins

William Vaughan Wilkins (March 6, 1890 – February, 1959) was an English historical novelist and journalist. He has been described as Welsh, and some of his books have Welsh settings, but there does not seem to be any evidence for Welsh origins.

Biography

Vaughan Wilkins was born in Camberwell, London. His father, William Henry Wilkins, was a clergyman (born in Nottingham in 1857) and his mother, Charlotte Wilkins, née Law, a voice teacher (born in London).[1] He married Mary Isabel Stanistreet and had two children. He spent some time working as a journalist for the Daily Express. Wilkins was noted for his novel And So-Victoria about Queen Victoria.[2] Fanfare for a Witch focuses on intrigue in the court of George II.[3] Wilkins also wrote two "lost world" fantasy novels inspired by Celtic mythology, The City of Frozen Fire (1950) and Valley Beyond Time (1955). [4] His grave is in the churchyard in Farnsfield, Notts and states that his birthplace was Ross-on-Wye.

Bibliography

  • Sidelights on Industrial Revolution (Jarrolds, 1925)
  • And So – Victoria (Cape, 1937)
  • Endless Prelude (Routledge, 1937)
  • Looking Back To See Straight (Individualist Bookshop,1942)
  • Seven Tempest (Cape, 1942)
  • Being Met Together (Cape, 1944)
  • After Bath, or, if you prefer, the Remarkable case of the flying hat… (Cape, 1945)
  • Once Upon A Time, An Adventure (Cape, 1949)
  • The City of Frozen Fire (Cape, 1950)
  • [Introduces] Hermsprong; or, Man as he is not…by Robert Bage (Turnstile Press, 1951)
  • A King Reluctant (Cape, 1952)
  • Crown Without Sceptre (Cape, 1952)
  • Fanfare for a Witch (Cape, 1954)
  • Valley Beyond Time (Cape, 1955)
  • And So – Victoria (Revised edition, Pan, 1956)
  • Lady of Paris (Cape, 1956)
  • Dangerous Exile (Retitled edition of A King Reluctant, Pan, 1957)
  • Husband for Victoria (Cape, 1958)

of which:

History

  • Endless prelude: an historical anthology
  • Sidelights on industrial evolution

For children

  • After Bath or (if you prefer) The Remarkable Case of the Flying Hat

References

  1. ↑ http://reading19001950.wordpress.com/2013/11/13/vaughan-wilkins-1890-1959/
  2. ↑ TIME magazine review of "And So-Victoria"
  3. ↑ "Have You Read..."Fanfare for a Witch" by Vaughan Wilkins". Meridan Record, August 5th, 1954 (p.4).
  4. ↑ Brian Stableford, "Wilkins, Vaughan (William)" in St. James Guide To Fantasy Writers, ed. David Pringle, St. James Press, 1996, ISBN 1-55862-205-5, p. 611-12.
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