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A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

A Database of Victorian Fiction, 1837–1901

Author: Thomas Litchfield

Author: Thomas Litchfield (1796–1872)

Biography: Thomas Litchfield was born in 1796. He studied medicine at Edinburgh and Middlesex Hospital and recieved a medical degree in 1817. He held a number of surgical posts and contributed to medical literature. In addition, he wrote three works of fiction: Tales of Four Nations (1829), Warkworth Castle (1851), and The Coldstreams and the Musqueteers (1856). He died in 1872 in Twickenham.

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References: British Census (1871); Lancet (7 September 1872)

Fiction Titles:

  1. Warkworth Castle: A Historical Romance.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1851.
  2. The Coldstreams and the Musqueteers: A Novel.  3 vol.  London: T. C. Newby, 1856.