Victor Bridges (real name Victor George de Freyne, 14 March 1878 – 29 November 1972) was a prolific English author of detective and fantasy fiction, and also a playwright and occasional poet.[1]
Bridges began to publish crime and mystery stories and novels regularly in 1909.[3] He was an early signing by the new London publishing firm of Mills & Boon, which was initially a light fiction publisher in a wide range of genres.[4] Many of his stories were set in Essex and East Anglia. He also had two volumes of poetry published.
He married in 1920 Margaret Lindsay Mackay, who died in 1957. He himself died on 29 November 1972.[5]
Selected worksedit
Camping Out: For Boy Scouts and Others (1912)
The Man from Nowhere (1913)
Jetsam (1914)
A Rogue by Compulsion: An Affair of the Secret Service (1915)
^Catalogue 200 (London: Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, 2012). ISBN978 1 900718-91-2. The cover of the catalogue is based on the striking anonymous wrapper design of a 1934 reissue of The Red Lodge.
^Return of advances made under the Irish Land Act 1903. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
^The FictionMags Index. Retrieved 13 November 2012.
^ODNB entry for Charles Boon by Joseph McAleer. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
^Detectionary (in Dutch). Retrieved 13 November 2012. This includes a list of Bridges's books that were translated into Dutch. His work appeared in most major European languages.
^Most of the bibliographical information has been confirmed in WorldCat Identities. Retrieved 13 November 2012; film information: Retrieved 27 December 2012.
External linksedit
Victor Bridges - Fantastic Fiction
Serial part of I Did Not Kill Osborne from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, 10 December 1934.
victor, bridges, real, name, victor, george, freyne, march, 1878, november, 1972, prolific, english, author, detective, fantasy, fiction, also, playwright, occasional, poet, contents, life, selected, works, references, external, linkslife, editborn, march, 187. Victor Bridges real name Victor George de Freyne 14 March 1878 29 November 1972 was a prolific English author of detective and fantasy fiction and also a playwright and occasional poet 1 Contents 1 Life 2 Selected works 3 References 4 External linksLife editBorn on 14 March 1878 at Clifton Bristol Victor George de Freyne may have been connected with a propertied family in County Sligo Ireland 2 He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College He worked as a bank employee and as an actor in repertory theatre before becoming a full time writer Bridges began to publish crime and mystery stories and novels regularly in 1909 3 He was an early signing by the new London publishing firm of Mills amp Boon which was initially a light fiction publisher in a wide range of genres 4 Many of his stories were set in Essex and East Anglia He also had two volumes of poetry published He married in 1920 Margaret Lindsay Mackay who died in 1957 He himself died on 29 November 1972 5 Selected works editCamping Out For Boy Scouts and Others 1912 The Man from Nowhere 1913 Jetsam 1914 A Rogue by Compulsion An Affair of the Secret Service 1915 Mr Lyndon at Liberty 1915 filmed in that year Another Man s Shoes 1916 filmed 1922 also as The Phantom Buccaneer 1916 The Lady from Long Acre 1918 filmed 1921 also as Greater Than a Crown in 1925 The Cruise of the Scandal and Other Stories 1920 Greensea Island 1922 filmed as Through Fire and Water 1923 Another Pair of Spectacles A Farce in One Act 1923 The Red Lodge A Mystery of Campden Hill 1924 A Handful of Verses 1924 The Backsliders with Edgar Jepson 1925 The Girl in Black 1926 The Green Monkey A Comedy 1929 The Secret of the Creek 1930 The King Comes Back 1930 Edward Fitzgerald and Other Verses 1932 Three Blind Mice An Adventure in the Essex Marshes 1933 US I Did Not Kill Osborne An Adventure in the Essex Marshes 1934 The Happy Murderers An Adventure on the Suffolk Coast 1934 Peter in Peril 1935 Blue Silver 1936 It Happened in Essex 1938 The Seven Stars 1939 Dusky Night 1940 The House on the Saltings 1941 The Man Who Butted In 1942 The Gulls Fly Low 1943 It Never Rains 1944 Trouble on the Thames 1945 The Man Who Limped 1947 Accidents Will Happen 1948 Quite Like Old Days 1949 The Tenth Commandment 1951 We Don t Want to Lose You 1952 The Man From Nowhere 1952 All Very Irregular 1953 The Man Who Vanished 1954 What The Doctor Ordered 1956 Exit Mr Marlowe 1957 The Creaking Gate 1958 The Girl From Belfast 1961 6 References edit Catalogue 200 London Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers 2012 ISBN 978 1 900718 91 2 The cover of the catalogue is based on the striking anonymous wrapper design of a 1934 reissue of The Red Lodge Return of advances made under the Irish Land Act 1903 Retrieved 27 December 2012 The FictionMags Index Retrieved 13 November 2012 ODNB entry for Charles Boon by Joseph McAleer Retrieved 27 December 2012 Detectionary in Dutch Retrieved 13 November 2012 This includes a list of Bridges s books that were translated into Dutch His work appeared in most major European languages Most of the bibliographical information has been confirmed in WorldCat Identities Retrieved 13 November 2012 film information Retrieved 27 December 2012 External links editVictor Bridges Fantastic Fiction Serial part of I Did Not Kill Osborne from the Sarasota Herald Tribune 10 December 1934 Works by Victor Bridges at Project Gutenberg Works by or about Victor Bridges at Internet Archive Works by Victor Bridges at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp 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 Victor Bridges amp oldid 1176655295, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
