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A Short Biography of John Edward Masefield

Author Name:

John Edward Masefield

Born As:

Other Names:

John Edward Masefield

Born:

01 Jun 1878

Died:

12 May 1966




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Selected Works:

Plays:

The Campden Wonder - 1907
The Tragedy of Pompey the Great - 1910
Good Friday: A Play in Verse
The Tragedy of Nan - Originally known as 'Nan'
The Coming of Christ

Novels:

Captain Margaret - 1908
Multitude and Solitude - 1909
Martin Hyde: The Duke’s Messenger - 1910
Lost Endeavour - Nelson - 1910
The Street of Today - 1911
Jim Davis - Wells Gardner, 1911
The Dream - MacMillan, 1922 Illustrated by Judith Masefield
Sard Harker - Heinemann, 1924
ODTAA - 1926
The Midnight Folk - 1927
The Hawbucks - 1929
The Bird of Dawning - Heinemann, 1933
The Taking of the Gry - 1934
The Box of Delights: or When the Wolves Were Running - 1935
Victorious Troy: or The Harrying Angel - 1935
Eggs and Baker - 1936
The Square Pegg: or The Gun Fella - 1937
Dead Ned - 1938
Live and Kicking Ned - 1939
Basilissa: A Tale of the Empress Theodora - 1940
Conquer: A Tale of the Nika Rebellion in Byzantium - 1941
Badon Parchments - 1947

Non-fiction and autobiographical:

Sea Life in Nelson's Time - 1905
The Conway: From her Foundation to the Present Day - 1933
Gallipoli
The Old Front Line
Grace Before Ploughing - Heinemann - 1966