Ernest Bramah biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Ernest Bramah

Author Name:

Ernest Bramah

Born As:

Ernest Bramah Smith

Other Names:

Born:

20 Mar 1868

Died:

27 Jun 1942




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Selected Works:

Kai Lung Books:

The Wallet of Kai Lung - 1900
Kai Lung's Golden Hours - 1922
Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat - 1928
The Moon of Much Gladness - 1932; published in the USA as The return of Kai Lung
The Kai Lung Omnibus - 1936; includes The Wallet of Kai Lung, Kai Lung's Golden Hours, Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat
Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree - 1940
The Celestial Omnibus - 1940; selected stories from the earlier books
Kai Lung: Six - 1974
Kai Lung Raises His Voice - 2010; includes Kai Lung: Six, the story from The Specimen Case and four previously unpublished stories

Max Carrados Books:

Max Carrados - 1914
Eyes of Max Carrados - 1923
Max Carrados Mysteries - 1927
The Bravo of London - 1934
Best Max Carrados Detective Stories - 1972
[edit]Other fiction
The Mirror of Kong Ho - 1905
The Secret of the League - 1907
The Specimen Case - 1924, which includes both a Kai Lung story and Max Carrados story[7]
Short Stories of To-day and Yesterday - 1929
A Little Flutter - 1930

Nonfiction:

English Farming and Why I Turned It Up - 1894
A Guide to the Varieties and Rarity of English Regal Copper Coins, Charles II-Victoria, 1671-1860 - 1929.                          
                          
                          
Bramah has been credited with the invention of the saying, widely quoted as an ancient Chinese curse, "May you live in interesting times", along with "May you come to the attention of those in authority" and "May you find what you are looking for".

These do not appear in the Kai Lung stories.