Maradick at Forty (Esprios Classics)

Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole CBE (13 March 1884 - 1 June 1941) was an English novelist. He was the son of an Anglican clergyman intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett. His skill at scene-setting and vivid plots as well as his high profile as a lecturer brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America. He was a best-selling author in the 1920s and 1930s but has been largely neglected since his death. After his first novel The Wooden Horse in 1909 Walpole wrote prolifically producing at least one book every year. He was a spontaneous story-teller writing quickly to get all his ideas on paper seldom revising.