Stanley J. Weyman (1855–1928)

Author of Under the Red Robe

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About the Author

Author Stanley J. Weyman was born in Ludlow, Shropshire, England on August 7, 1855. Before becoming a full-time writer, he was a lawyer in the family law firm. He was occasionally referred to as the Prince of Romance and wrote fifteen books between 1890 and 1904 that were set in 16th and 17th show more century France. Some of his best known novels include The House of the Wolf, A Gentleman of France, Under the Red Robe, The Man in Black, Count Hannibal, and The Long Night. He died on April 10, 1928. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Stanley J. Weyman

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Under the Red Robe (1894) 91 copies

A Gentleman of France (1893) 65 copies

The House of the Wolf (1887) 53 copies

The Castle Inn (1898) 31 copies

The Red Cockade (1895) 24 copies

Shrewsbury (1897) 22 copies

From the Memoirs of a Minister of France (1895) 20 copies

The Man in Black (1850) 20 copies

Count Hannibal (1901) 19 copies

The Abbess of Vlaye (1904) 19 copies

Sophia (1900) 18 copies

My Lady Rotha: A Romance (1926) 17 copies

The Long Night (1903) 17 copies

Ovington's Bank (1922) 14 copies

The Wild Geese (1908) 14 copies

Chippinge (1911) 14 copies

The king's stratagem, and other stories (1891) 13 copies

Historical Romances: Under the Red Robe, Count Hannibal, A Gentleman of France (1921) 11 copies

Starvecrow Farm (1905) 10 copies

The Story of Francis Cludde (1891) 9 copies

The snowball (2012) 8 copies

In Kings' Byways (1911) 8 copies

Queen's Folly (1925) 8 copies

The new rector (1912) 7 copies

A Little Wizard (2012) 6 copies

Laid Up In Lavender (2009) 6 copies

The Traveller in the Fur Coat. 5 copies

For the cause (1977) 5 copies

When love calls (2012) 4 copies

The great house; a story of quiet times (2007) 4 copies

Complete Works of Stanley J. Weyman (Delphi Classics) (2015) 2 copies

The Lively Peggy 2 copies

Weyman Collection. The Man in Black 2 copies

Crucial Instances 1 copy

Under the Red Rope 1 copy

A Gentleman of France Being the Memoirs of Gaston de Bonne Sieur de Marsac (2002) 1 copy

Starvecrow Farm (2007) 1 copy

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The Lock and Key Library (Volume 8: Modern English) (1909) — Contributor — 57 copies

The Big Book of Swashbuckling Adventure: Classic Tales of Dashing Heroes, Dastardly Villains, and Daring Escapes (2014) — Contributor — 57 copies

The Oxford Book of Historical Stories (1994) — Contributor — 41 copies

Stories by English Authors: France (1902) — Contributor — 15 copies

Stories by English Authors (1902) — Contributor — 15 copies

Twelve Mystery Stories (Oxford Twelves) (1998) — Contributor — 14 copies

Collected Works of Alphonse Daudet (1928) — Introduction, some editions — 13 copies

Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories: English, Scotch (1908) — Contributor — 6 copies

Adventure Novels: King Solomon's Mines, Prisoner of Zenda, Under the Red Robe, The Lost World, Beau Geste (Collins… (1995) — Contributor — 5 copies

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