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British thriller writer, journalist and screen writer. He was awarded the Military Cross as a soldier during World War I, and wrote two autobiographical books about his war-time experiences; his best remembered works being, perhaps, the Clubfoot (Dr. Adolf Grundt) spy thriller books. Pen names: Valentine Williams, Vedette, Douglas Valentine, G. Valentine Williams.
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Works
(partial list)
- The Captain of the Club; or, The Canadian boy (1889) ( (with John Talbot Smith) (external scan)
- With Our Army in Flanders (1915) non-fiction (external scan)
- The Adventures of an Ensign (1917) (external scan)
Clubfoot / Okewood series
- The Man with the Clubfoot (1918)
- The Secret Hand (UK, 1918) (external scan); US: Okewood of the Secret Service (1919) (external scan); Project Gutenberg
- The Return of Clubfoot a.k.a Island Gold (1923) (external scan)
- Clubfoot the Avenger (1924)
- The Crouching Beast (1928)
The Inspector Manderton Series
- The Yellow Streak (1922) (external scan); Project Gutenberg
- The Orange Divan (1923)
Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.
The author died in 1946, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.