John Burland Harris-Burland
John Burland Harris-Burland (1870-1926) was a British writer, known for his early fantasy stories.
He was born in 1870 in Aldershot,[1] the son of Major General William Burland Harris-Burland, decorated for his part in the Crimean War.,[2]
He attended Sherborne School, but due to health reasons could not enter a military career like his father, so he studied at a theological college, intending to become a clergyman, before changing his mind and entering Exeter College. [3]
In 1893 his poem "Amy Roberts" won the Newdigate Prize. [4]
His first novel was the 1903 "Dacobra, or the White Priests of Ahriman".
He died in 1926.
Bibliography[]
- Dacobra, or the White Priests of Ahriman (1903)
- Princess Thora (1904), [5] re-released in 1905 in Britain as Dr. Silex [6]
- The Black Motor-Car (1906)
- The Broken Law (1906)
- The Financier (1906)
- The Gold Worshippers (1907)
- Love, the Criminal (1907)
- Workers in Darkness (1908)
- The House of the Soul (1909)
- The Disc (1909)
- The Secret of Enoch Seal (1910)
- The Torhaven Mystery (1910)
- Sunk Island (1910)
- The Shadow of Malreward (1911)
- Lord of Irongrey (1912)
- Life's Golden Web (1912)
- The Grey Cat (1913)
- The Curse of Cloud (1914)
- Baldragon (1914)
- The White Rook (1917)
- Gabrielle Janhry (1919)
- The Golden Sword (1919)
- Greed of Conquest (1919)
- The Spy (1919)
- The White Yawl (1919)
- The Builder (1919)
- The Avalanche (1919)
- The Lion's Claws (1919)
- The Watchman (1919)
- Temple of Lies (1919) [4]
References[]
- ^ "Summary Bibliography: Harris Burland". www.isfdb.org.
- ^ "DEATH OF A DISTINGUISHED WELSHMAN.|1890-08-02|South Wales Daily News - Welsh Newspapers". newspapers.library.wales.
- ^ Kemp, Sandra KempSandra; Mitchell, Charlotte MitchellCharlotte; Trotter, David TrotterDavid (January 1, 2005). Kemp, Sandra; Mitchell, Charlotte; Trotter, David (eds.). The Oxford Companion to Edwardian Fiction. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198117605.001.0001/acref-9780198117605-e-160 – via www.oxfordreference.com.
- ^ a b "Who S Who In Literature 1926 Edition". September 13, 1926 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Harris-Burland, J. B. (John Burland) (September 13, 1978). "The Princess Thora". New York : Arno Press – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Harris-Burland, J. B. (John Burland) (September 13, 1905). "Dr. Silex". London, Ward, Lock & Co. – via Internet Archive.
Categories:
- 1870 births
- 1926 deaths
- 20th-century English novelists
- English male novelists