"the start of Neil Gaiman's novel ""Neverwhere"". Both the novel and Chesterton's ""The Man Who Was Thursday"" are referenced in the 2000 video game ""Deus Ex"". (with illustrations by W. Graham Robertson) The Napoleon of Notting Hill The Napoleon of Notting Hill is a novel written by G. K. Chesterton in 1904, set in a nearly unchanged London in 1984. Although the novel is set in the future, it is, in effect, set in an alternative reality of Chesterton's own period, with no advances in technology or changes in the class system or attitudes. It postulates an impersonal government, not"
"The Notting Hill Mystery The Notting Hill Mystery (1862–63) is an English-language detective novel written under the pseudonym ""Charles Felix"", with illustrations by George du Maurier. The author's identity was never formally revealed in his lifetime, but several critics have since suggested Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903), a lawyer known to have written other novels under pseudonyms. It is arguably regarded as the very first detective novel in the English language. ""The Notting Hill Mystery"" was first published as an eight-part serial in ""Once A Week"" magazine beginning on 29 November 1862, then as a single-volume novel in 1865 by Saunders,"
"2012 on the 150th anniversary of the novel's release. An ebook version is also available. The Notting Hill Mystery The Notting Hill Mystery (1862–63) is an English-language detective novel written under the pseudonym ""Charles Felix"", with illustrations by George du Maurier. The author's identity was never formally revealed in his lifetime, but several critics have since suggested Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903), a lawyer known to have written other novels under pseudonyms. It is arguably regarded as the very first detective novel in the English language. ""The Notting Hill Mystery"" was first published as an eight-part serial in ""Once A Week"""
"Napoleon Hill Oliver Napoleon Hill (born October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American self-help author. He is known best for his book ""Think and Grow Rich"" (1937) which is among the 10 best selling self-help books of all time. Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to improving one's life. Most of his books were promoted as expounding principles to achieve ""success"". Hill was born in a one-room cabin near the Appalachian town of Pound in southwest Virginia. His parents were James Monroe Hill and Sarah Sylvania (Blair) and he was grandson of James Madison Hill"
"actions in 1884 and 1886, which Adams won. The couple were married on 24 June 1885. They remained together until Adams's death in July 1903. His widow died in January 1929. Charles Warren Adams Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903) was an English lawyer, publisher and anti-vivisectionist, now known from documentary evidence to have been the author of ""The Notting Hill Mystery"". This is usually taken to be the first full-length detective novel in English. As a lawyer Adams became involved in bailing out the once famous London publishing firm of Saunders, Otley & Co. after the two proprietors had died. The"
"been presented to you in the chapters of this book or will follow in other chapters."" Napoleon Hill died on November 8, 1970. Hill's works were inspired by the philosophy of New Thought and the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson, and are listed as New Thought reading. Napoleon Hill Oliver Napoleon Hill (born October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American self-help author. He is known best for his book ""Think and Grow Rich"" (1937) which is among the 10 best selling self-help books of all time. Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to improving one's"
"Charles Warren Adams Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903) was an English lawyer, publisher and anti-vivisectionist, now known from documentary evidence to have been the author of ""The Notting Hill Mystery"". This is usually taken to be the first full-length detective novel in English. As a lawyer Adams became involved in bailing out the once famous London publishing firm of Saunders, Otley & Co. after the two proprietors had died. The effort was unsuccessful and liquidation ensued in 1869, but in the meantime the firm had published at least two works of Adams's own, written under the pseudonym Charles Felix. One was"
"Chesterton (""The Napoleon of Nottinghill"", 1904), Hilaire Belloc (""Mr Clutterbuck's Election"", 1908) and Kipling: ""Fables for the Staff"", published in ""The Friend"" in 1900 in which he lampooned the incompetence of the British general staff. Douglas Blackburn's ""A Burgher Quixote"" (1903) is one of the most undervalued works in South African literature. The end of the Great War saw an interesting ideological shift from imperialism to an ideological commitment to the Union of South Africa. The conflict after the World War 1 is depicted essentially as a civil war in which the members of the same family who have fought"
"solve the problem of his English readers not understanding much about Indian society, when writing ""The Jungle Book"". Heinlein's novel ""Starship Troopers"" built on the citizen soldiers of ""The Army of a Dream"". In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature after having been nominated in that year by Charles Oman, professor at the University of Oxford. The prize citation said: ""In consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author."" Nobel prizes had been established in 1901 and Kipling was the"
"The Crossing (Churchill novel) The Crossing is a 1904 best-selling novel by American writer Winston Churchill. It was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1904, and includes illustrations by Sydney Adamson and Lilian Bayliss. A portion of the book first appeared in December 1903 in ""Collier's"" under the title ""The Borderland"". The last of Churchill's sweeping historical novels, the plot concerns the westward expansion of the United States, including the settlement of Kentucky. A stage adaptation written by Churchill and Louis Evan Shipman (who had also worked on the stage adaptation of ""The Crisis"") debuted in 1905 and"
"significance of The Great Shadow when he combines it with Micah Clarke, The White Company and The Refugees as four of the great novels of recent years. The Great Shadow The Great Shadow, also known as The Great Shadow and other Napoleonic Tales, is an action and adventure novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published in 1892 in J.W. Arrowsmith’s Bristol Library. The novel takes place in the Napoleonic era on the English–Scottish border city called West Inch. The Great Shadow refers to the Napoleon’s influence and his reputation that forms a shadow over West Inch. Instead of"
"Otley, and Company, with illustrations by George du Maurier (grandfather of Daphne du Maurier). The editors of the magazine stated that the manuscript was submitted to them anonymously under the pseudonym ""Charles Felix"". In 1952, William Buckler identified Charles Warren Adams (1833–1903) as the author of ""The Notting Hill Mystery"" and in January 2011, Paul Collins – a writer, editor and academic – writing in ""The New York Times Book Review"", came to the same conclusion. Adams, a lawyer, was the sole proprietor of Saunders, Otley & Co., which published another book by ""Charles Felix"" called ""Velvet Lawn"", and published"
"Norman Mailer Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker, actor, and liberal political activist. His novel ""The Naked and the Dead"" was published in 1948 and brought him renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel ""Armies of the Night"" won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction as well as the National Book Award. His best-known work is widely considered to be ""The Executioner's Song"", the 1979 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. In over six decades of work, Mailer had eleven best selling books in each of the seven decades after"
"briefly ran on Broadway in January 1906 for eight performances. One commentator summed up the play's short run as one that ""very soon met with disaster."" The Crossing (Churchill novel) The Crossing is a 1904 best-selling novel by American writer Winston Churchill. It was the best-selling novel in the United States in 1904, and includes illustrations by Sydney Adamson and Lilian Bayliss. A portion of the book first appeared in December 1903 in ""Collier's"" under the title ""The Borderland"". The last of Churchill's sweeping historical novels, the plot concerns the westward expansion of the United States, including the settlement of"
"is going to happen any minute ""(this is after all a novel by Ruth Rendell) is what hooks the reader"" As ""one of the leading chroniclers of contemporary London"", Rendell has known the area and its inhabitants for so long that her ""take on Notting Hill restores some of the rawness taken away by gentrification and the saccharine stammer of the film of the same name."" The central character of the novel is Eugene Wren, a wealthy, middle-aged art dealer whose secretive personality jeopardizes both his sanity and his relationship with, and eventual engagement to, Ella Cotswold, an attractive general"
"The Great Shadow The Great Shadow, also known as The Great Shadow and other Napoleonic Tales, is an action and adventure novel written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and published in 1892 in J.W. Arrowsmith’s Bristol Library. The novel takes place in the Napoleonic era on the English–Scottish border city called West Inch. The Great Shadow refers to the Napoleon’s influence and his reputation that forms a shadow over West Inch. Instead of Sherlock Holmes being the main character, the story follows Jack Colder, who claims his only notable childhood experience was when he accidentally prevented a burglary during an"
"and Success"", by Napoleon Hill and Sharon L. Lechter. New York: Sterling Publishing, 2011. Outwitting the Devil Outwitting the Devil is a book by Napoleon Hill, with annotations by Sharon Lechter. It was originally written in 1938 by Hill, but was said to be too controversial to be published during that time period. It was released by Sterling Publishing in June, 2011. The book is an interview between Hill (Mr. Earthbound) and The Devil (Your Majesty). Hill attempts to uncover the secrets to freedom and success by evaluating the greatest obstacles that humans face in order to attain their personal"
"on the city's beachfront. Novels Contains important books and articles about Mailer and his works, many of which are cited in this article. See Works above for a list of Mailer's first editions and Mailer's individual works for reviews. Norman Mailer Norman Kingsley Mailer (January 31, 1923 – November 10, 2007) was an American novelist, journalist, essayist, playwright, film-maker, actor, and liberal political activist. His novel ""The Naked and the Dead"" was published in 1948 and brought him renown. His 1968 nonfiction novel ""Armies of the Night"" won the Pulitzer Prize for non-fiction as well as the National Book Award."
"David Nokes David Nokes FRSL (March 11, 1948 - November 19, 2009) was a scholar of 18th-century English literature known for his biographies of Jonathan Swift, John Gay, Jane Austen and Samuel Johnson. He also penned screenplays, including a BBC adaptation of Samuel Richardson's novel ""Clarissa"" (1991) and an adaptation of Anne Brontë's ""The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"" (1996). He was also a leading reviewer for The Times Literary Supplement and the London Review of Books. Nokes attended King's College School, Wimbledon, London. He received an MA from Christ's College, Cambridge in 1972 and a Ph.D. in 1974. He started"
"in a book he co-authored with Brenda James, ""The Truth Will Out"" (2005), which hypothesizes that Sir Henry Neville (c.1562-1615), an Elizabethan Member of Parliament and Ambassador to France, was the real author of Shakespeare’s works. He blogs at https://nevilleandshakespeare.wordpress.com/ William Rubinstein William D. Rubinstein (born August 12, 1946) is a historian and author. His best-known work, ""Men of Property: The Very Wealthy in Britain Since the Industrial Revolution"", charts the rise of the 'super rich', a class he sees as expanding exponentially. Rubinstein was born in New York City, and educated at Swarthmore College and Johns Hopkins University in"
"Angels family vault in Haworth. Notes Footnotes Bibliography Emily Brontë Emily Jane Brontë (, ; 30 July 1818 – 19 December 1848) was an English novelist and poet who is best known for her only novel, ""Wuthering Heights"", now considered a classic of English literature. Emily was the third-eldest of the four surviving Brontë siblings, between the youngest Anne and her brother Branwell. She published under the pen name Ellis Bell. Emily Brontë was born on 30 July 1818 in Market Street in the village of Thornton on the outskirts of Bradford, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, in Northern"
"Napoleon Symphony Napoleon Symphony: A Novel in Four Movements () is Anthony Burgess's fictional recreation of the life and world of Napoleon Bonaparte, first published in 1974. Its four ""movements"" follow the structure of Beethoven's ""Symphony No. 3,"" known as the ""Eroica"". Burgess said he found the novel ""elephantine fun"" to write. Burgess's Bonaparte is a cuckold suffering from heartburn and halitosis who is portrayed as a wily seducer of Tsar Alexander I of Russia. His conquest of Egypt is a central theme of the novel, which presents a comedic but detailed and revealing portrait of an Arab and Muslim"
"teaching at King's College London in 1973, was elevated to reader in 1986 and then promoted to Professor of English Literature in 1998. In 1994 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. David Nokes David Nokes FRSL (March 11, 1948 - November 19, 2009) was a scholar of 18th-century English literature known for his biographies of Jonathan Swift, John Gay, Jane Austen and Samuel Johnson. He also penned screenplays, including a BBC adaptation of Samuel Richardson's novel ""Clarissa"" (1991) and an adaptation of Anne Brontë's ""The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"" (1996). He was also a leading"
"Outwitting the Devil Outwitting the Devil is a book by Napoleon Hill, with annotations by Sharon Lechter. It was originally written in 1938 by Hill, but was said to be too controversial to be published during that time period. It was released by Sterling Publishing in June, 2011. The book is an interview between Hill (Mr. Earthbound) and The Devil (Your Majesty). Hill attempts to uncover the secrets to freedom and success by evaluating the greatest obstacles that humans face in order to attain their personal goals in life. During the book, (Mr. Earthbound) interrogates The Devil, Your Majesty, to"
"Frank Norris Benjamin Franklin ""Frank"" Norris Jr. (March 5, 1870 – October 25, 1902) was an American journalist and sometimes a novelist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include ""McTeague"" (1899), """" (1901), and ""The Pit"" (1903). Norris was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1870. His father, Benjamin, was a self-made Chicago businessman and his mother, Gertrude Glorvina Doggett, had a stage career. In 1884 the family moved to San Francisco where Benjamin went into real estate. In 1887, after the death of his brother and a brief stay in London,"
"for the first time posthumously in 1951 in a history that addressed his and George Rogers Clark's roles in the war. US author Winston Churchill wrote an epic historical novel in 1904 called ""The Crossing"" covering a man’s life in the old Northwest from the Revolution to the Burr Conspiracy. The first part is about the protagonist marching as a drummer boy with George Rogers Clark and the highlight is the capture of Vincennes from Hamilton. There is much information about Hamilton’s activities and his reputation among the local backwoodsmen, based on research from original documents. Henry Hamilton (governor) Henry"
"by Pat Frank (1908-1964), under the fictitious name of Fort Repose. Frank lived there with his last wife. Mount Dora is one of the settings in Steve Berry's action adventure thriller ""The Columbus Affair"". Napoleon Hill (1883-1970), author of ""Think and Grow Rich"" (1937), lived in Mount Dora during the 1930s and '40s. He lived in a large house called The Castle overlooking Lake Dora, with a swimming pool on the roof. It was torn down in the 1980s. The book ""Doesn't She Look Natural"" by Angela Hunt is also set in Mount Dora. The buildings in downtown Mount Dora"
"The Knights of the Cross The Knights of the Cross or The Teutonic Knights () is a 1900 historical novel written by the eminent Polish Positivist writer and the 1905 Nobel laureate, Henryk Sienkiewicz. Its first English translation was published in the same year as the original. The book was serialized by the magazine ""Tygodnik Illustrowany"" between 1897–1899 before its first complete printed edition appeared in 1900. The book was first translated into English by Jeremiah Curtin, a contemporary of Henryk Sienkiewicz. ""The Teutonic Knights"" had since been translated into 25 languages. It was the first book to be printed"
"in French, Burgess noted that reviews were more positive. Napoleon Symphony Napoleon Symphony: A Novel in Four Movements () is Anthony Burgess's fictional recreation of the life and world of Napoleon Bonaparte, first published in 1974. Its four ""movements"" follow the structure of Beethoven's ""Symphony No. 3,"" known as the ""Eroica"". Burgess said he found the novel ""elephantine fun"" to write. Burgess's Bonaparte is a cuckold suffering from heartburn and halitosis who is portrayed as a wily seducer of Tsar Alexander I of Russia. His conquest of Egypt is a central theme of the novel, which presents a comedic but"
"to Death"" (1932), ""Trooper O'Neill"" (1932), and ""No Escape"" (1936). Born in Kingston upon Thames in 1888, he married Dora Mary Hill, had one son and two daughters while living at The Great Quarry, Guildford. Before full-time writing, he worked in journalism and publishing. He died at Aldershot in 1969, aged 80. His complete works include novels, plays, novelizations, short stories, non-fiction, anthologies, collections, films, editing, even an early 1921 Children's News sci-fi submission. Featured characters include Inspector McLean (inspired Inspector McLean Library from D. C. Thomson*19, like Agatha Christie Mystery Collection republished by Bantam Dell*20), spy catcher Q33 Trelawney,"
"here in his memoirs ""Far Off Things"" (1922) and ""Things Near and Far"" (1923). His mystical work ""The Hill of Dreams"" (1907, though written ten years earlier) has scenes set in Notting Hill; it is here that the protagonist Lucian Taylor encounters the beautiful bronze-haired prostitute who will later connive at his death. The reputation of the district altered over the course of the 20th century. As middle-class households ceased to employ servants, the large Notting Hill houses lost their market and were increasingly split into multiple occupation. During the Blitz a number of buildings were damaged or destroyed by"
"one of the most successful of the modern writers. After the publication of his first book he devoted his entire time to literary work, having published the following books of fiction and history: ""My Lady of the North"" (1904); ""A Sword of the Old Frontier"" (1905); ""Bob Hampton of Placer"" (1906); ""Historic Illinois"" (1906); ""Beth Norvell"" (1907); ""The Great Plains"" (1907); ""Prisoners of Chance"" (1908); ""The Last Voyage of the Donna Isabel"" (1908); ""My Lady of the South"" (1909). Many of these have been credited among the ""six best sellers,"" and received high praise both at home and abroad. Beginning"
"""Blanket"" (1959) (published under the pseudonym ""Henry Stratton""), ""When the Bed Broke"" (1961), ""Captain Blossom"" (1973), ""Captain Blossom Soldiers On"" (1974), ""Nobs & Snobs"" (1976), ""Captain Blossom in Civvy Street"" (1978), and ""Fear No More"" (1989). Michael Nelson (novelist) Michael Nelson (1921-1990) was a British novelist best known for his 1958 gay novel ""A Room in Chelsea Square"", originally published anonymously. Born in 1921, Nelson was a journalist before the World War II. He was the secretary to publisher John Lehmann during the war and served as a captain in the Royal Army Service Corps. Nelson later owned a bookstore"