fbpx
Wikipedia

Roy Peter Martin

January 01, 1970

Roy Peter Martin (5 January 1931 – 23 March 2014)[1][2] was an English author who wrote primarily under the pseudonyms James Melville and Hampton Charles.

Martin was born in London and studied philosophy at Birkbeck College. He served in the Royal Air Force before a career first in the Royal Festival Hall[citation needed] and then as a diplomat in the British Council based in Japan.

As James Melville he wrote a series of 13 detective novels set in Japan featuring Tetsuo Otani, the fictional Superintendent of Police in Kobe, and several historical novels, including The Imperial Way, which was inspired by the February 26 Incident. He also wrote three Miss Seeton novels under the pseudonym Hampton Charles, as well as a cook book, Japanese Cooking together with Joan Martin, his second wife.

He wrote a history of the Japanese imperial family, The Chrysanthemum Throne, which was published in the United Kingdom in 1997 by Sutton Publishing Limited and later in the United States by the University of Hawai'i Press.[3]

Works edit

Novels under the pseudonym James Melville edit

  • The Superintendent Otani Mysteries:
  1. Wages of Zen (1979)
  2. The Chrysanthemum Chain (1980)
  3. A Sort of Samurai (1981)
  4. The Ninth Netsuke (1982)
  5. Sayonara, Sweet Amaryllis (1983)
  6. Death of a Daimyo (1984)
  7. The Death Ceremony (1985)
  8. Go Gently, Gaijin (1986)
  9. Kimono for a Corpse (1988)
  10. The Reluctant Ronin (1988)
  11. A Haiku for Hanae (1989)
  12. The Bogus Buddha (1990)
  13. The Body Wore Brocade (1992)

Novels under the pseudonym Hampton Charles edit

  1. Miss Seeton, by Appointment (1990)
  2. Advantage Miss Seeton (1990)
  3. Miss Seeton at the Helm (1990)

References edit

  1. ^ Rudolph, Janet (26 April 2014). "Mystery Fanfare: James Melville: AKA Roy Peter Martin: RIP".
  2. ^ Barrett, Mike (8 April 2014). "Obituary Peter Martin". The Japan Times.
  3. ^ Martin, Peter (1997). The Chrysanthemum Throne: A History of the Emperors of Japan. Latitude 20 Books. University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-2029-9.

Bibliography edit

External links edit

  • "James Melville". LibraryThing.
  • Martin, James; Martin, Adam (13 April 2014). "Peter Martin obituary". The Guardian.


   

This article about a writer or poet from the United Kingdom is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

January 01, 1970
peter, martin, this, article, includes, list, general, references, lacks, sufficient, corresponding, inline, citations, please, help, improve, this, article, introducing, more, precise, citations, march, 2014, learn, when, remove, this, message, january, 1931,. This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations March 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Roy Peter Martin 5 January 1931 23 March 2014 1 2 was an English author who wrote primarily under the pseudonyms James Melville and Hampton Charles Martin was born in London and studied philosophy at Birkbeck College He served in the Royal Air Force before a career first in the Royal Festival Hall citation needed and then as a diplomat in the British Council based in Japan As James Melville he wrote a series of 13 detective novels set in Japan featuring Tetsuo Otani the fictional Superintendent of Police in Kobe and several historical novels including The Imperial Way which was inspired by the February 26 Incident He also wrote three Miss Seeton novels under the pseudonym Hampton Charles as well as a cook book Japanese Cooking together with Joan Martin his second wife He wrote a history of the Japanese imperial family The Chrysanthemum Throne which was published in the United Kingdom in 1997 by Sutton Publishing Limited and later in the United States by the University of Hawai i Press 3 Contents 1 Works 1 1 Novels under the pseudonym James Melville 1 2 Novels under the pseudonym Hampton Charles 2 References 3 Bibliography 4 External linksWorks editNovels under the pseudonym James Melville edit The Superintendent Otani Mysteries Wages of Zen 1979 The Chrysanthemum Chain 1980 A Sort of Samurai 1981 The Ninth Netsuke 1982 Sayonara Sweet Amaryllis 1983 Death of a Daimyo 1984 The Death Ceremony 1985 Go Gently Gaijin 1986 Kimono for a Corpse 1988 The Reluctant Ronin 1988 A Haiku for Hanae 1989 The Bogus Buddha 1990 The Body Wore Brocade 1992 Novels under the pseudonym Hampton Charles edit The Miss Seeton Mysteries Miss Seeton by Appointment 1990 Advantage Miss Seeton 1990 Miss Seeton at the Helm 1990 References edit Rudolph Janet 26 April 2014 Mystery Fanfare James Melville AKA Roy Peter Martin RIP Barrett Mike 8 April 2014 Obituary Peter Martin The Japan Times Martin Peter 1997 The Chrysanthemum Throne A History of the Emperors of Japan Latitude 20 Books University of Hawaii Press ISBN 978 0 8248 2029 9 Bibliography editBinyon T J 1989 Murder will out Oxford Oxford University Press pp 100 ISBN 978 0 19 219223 3 Macdonald Gina 2003 British mystery and thriller writers since 1960 Dictionary of literary biography 276 Gale Group p 253 ISBN 978 0 7876 6020 8 Mesplede Claude 2007 Dictionnaire des litteratures policieres Temps noir in French Vol 2 J Z Nantes Joseph K pp 346 347 ISBN 978 2 910 68645 1 OCLC 315873361 Nichols Victoria Thompson Susan 1998 Silk stalkings more women write of murder Scarecrow Press pp 277 ISBN 978 0 8108 3393 7 External links edit James Melville LibraryThing Martin James Martin Adam 13 April 2014 Peter Martin obituary The Guardian nbsp nbsp This article about a writer or poet from the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Roy Peter Martin amp oldid 1151004760, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

article

, read, download, free, free download, mp3, video, mp4, 3gp, jpg, jpeg, gif, png, picture, music, song, movie, book, game, games.