Stanley J. Weyman

(1855-1928)

   Stanley J. Weyman was a lawyer who found fame and fortune in the historical fiction market.  Many of his books received praise from such contemporaries as R.L. Stevenson, Rafael Sabatini, and others.  Most of them are now forgotten.  Weyman's best fiction is set in 17th century France.  Some of his books blatantly follow the thread of Alexandre Dumas's "Valois" series.  In their age, however, they were a great success.  Weyman's narratives are usually fast-paced and full of incident.  Although I personally prefer his earlier writing, Weyman produced a number of well-received novels during the Edwardian period.  The most notable of these are Count Hannibal, The Long Night, and Chippinge Borough.  On a whole, Weyman's style is simple and concise, though at times he achieves a rare elegance of expression.  As a writer of historical fiction, he is excelled by very few.  In some of his tales, however, the plot mechanism is too conspicuous.

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Bibliography:

2041 The House Of The Wolf [f|1890]
1939 A Gentleman Of France [f|1893]
The Man In Black [f|1894]
1896 Under The Red Robe [f|1894]
The Story Of Francis Cludde [f|1894]
My Lady Rotha [f|1894]
The Red Cockade [f|1895]
2079 From The Memoirs Of A Minister Of France [f|1895]
11918 The Castle Inn [f|1898]
Shrewsbury [f|1898]
Sophia [f|1900]
15763 Count Hannibal [f|1901]
* In King's Byways [f|1902]
19485 The Long Night [f|1903]
The Abbess Of Vlaye [f|1904]
Starvecrow Farm [f|1905]
Chippinge [f|1906]
Laid Up In Lavender [f|1907]
The Wild Geese [f|1908]
The Great House [f|1919]
The New Rector [f|1920]
The Traveller In The Fur Cloak [1924]

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Web Resources:

The Life and Work of Stanley J. Weyman

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