A. E. W. Mason

Alfred Edward Woodley Mason ( born May 7, 1865 in London, † November 22, 1948 ) was a British novelist, who published his books as AEW Mason.

Mason studied at Oxford, where he obtained a degree in 1888. His reputation stands behind contemporaries like Rudyard Kipling, but heard his 1902 published work, The Four Feathers one of the most frequently filmed books (including The Four Feathers The Four Feathers 1939 and 2002 ). His first novel, A Romance of Wastdale was published in 1895. He wrote more than 30 books.

Works (selection)

Mystery novels with Inspector Hanaud

• At the Villa Rose, 1910 (Eng. The Body in the Villa Rose. Detective novel. Heyne, Munich 1971)
• The House of the Arrow, 1924 (Eng. The Secret of the litter. Heyne, Munich 1971)
• The Prisoner in the Opal, 1928
• They Would not Be Chessmen, 1934
• The House in Lordship Lane, 1946

Other novels

• The Courtship of Maurice Buckler, 1896
• Lawrence Clavering, 1897
• The Philanderers, 1897
• Along with Andrew Lang: Parson Kelly, 1899
• Clementina, 1901
• The Four Feathers, 1902 (Eng. The Four Feathers Roman Diogenes, Zurich 1984. . Recently in construction -Taschenbuch -Verlag, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-7466-1924-6 )
• The Truants, 1904
• Running Water, 1906
• The Broken Road, 1907
• A Romance of Wastdale, 1910
• Miranda of the Balcony, 1911
• The Turnstile, 1912
• The Witness for the Defence, 1913
• The Summons, 1920
• The Watchers, 1924
• The Winding Stair, 1924
• No Other Tiger, 1927 (Eng. The Tiger and the dancer. Novel. Knorr & Hirth, Munich 1929)
• The Dean 's Elbow, 1930
• The Three Gentlemen, 1932
• The Sapphire 1933
• Fire Over England, 1936
• The Drum, 1937
• Musk and Amber, 1942

Films