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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Headon Hill

Author: Headon Hill (1857–1927)

Alternate Name(s): (pseudonym); Francis Edward Grainger (legal name)

Biography: Author of popular adventure, detective, and spy stories. See entry in Sutherland.

References: Sutherland

Fiction Titles:

  1. Clues from a Detective's Camera.  1 vol.  Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1893.
  2. Cabinet Pictures.  1 vol.  London: George Newnes, 1893.
  3. Zambra the Detective: Some Clues from his Notebook.  1 vol.  London: Chatto and Windus, 1894.
  4. The Rajah's Second Wife.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1894.
  5. The Divinations of Kala Persad and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1895.
  6. His Egyptian Wife: An Anglo-Egyptian Romance.  1 vol.  London: Digby, Long, 1895.
  7. Guilty Gold: A Romance of Financial Fraud and City Crime.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1896.
  8. The Queen of Night.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1896.
  9. Beacon Fires: War Stories of the Coast.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1897.
  10. By a Hair's-Breadth.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1897.
  11. The Zone of Fire.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1897.
  12. Spectre Gold: A Romance of Klondyke.  1 vol.  London: Cassell, 1898.
  13. The Spies of the Wight.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1899.
  14. The Shadow of the Bear.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1899.
  15. Caged!: The Romance of a Lunatic Asylum.  1 vol.  London: Ward and Lock, 1900.
  16. The Plunder Ship.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1900.
  17. The Sentence of the Court.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1901.
  18. The Peril of the Prince: A Romance of Modern Anarchism.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1901.
  19. Tracked Down.  1 vol.  London: C. Arthur Pearson, 1902.
  20. Coronation Mysteries and Other Stories.  1 vol.  London: Digby, Long, 1902.