Male : Novelist (over 160). He wrote and published approx 13 million words, making him one of the most prolific writers of all time. A number of early books were pirated in the US, given new titles and attributed to other authors. Married American Elise Hopkins in 1890

Nationality : English Place of Birth : London

Date of Birth : 1866 Date of Death : 1946 Age : 80

Pseudonyms : Anthony Partridge

Other Work : Leather merchant in Leicester

Education : Wyggeston GS, Leicester

1887-1895
Expiation : A Novel of England and Our Canadian Dominion (1887 J & R Maxwell, London)
(1913 Ward Lock)
The Peer and the Woman : A Novel (1892 Taylor, NY) (1895 Ward, Lock & Bowden)
(1910 Ward Lock)
A Monk of Cruta (1894 Beeton's Christmas Annual) (1894 Neely, Chicago) - Warne Browne
(1899 Ward Lock)
A Daughter of the Marionis (1895 Ward & Downey) - Adolf Thiede
(1912 Collier NY as "To Win the Love He Sought")
(1920 Little Brown)

1896-1897
False Evidence (1896 Ward Lock) (1911 Ward Lock)
A Modern Prometheus : A Romance (1896 T Fisher Unwin) (1897 Neely, Chicago)
The Mystery of Mr Bernard Brown (1896 Bentley) (1910 Little Brown)
First appeared in Collier's Magazine in 1896 as "The New Tenant"
The Wooing of Fortune (1896 Ward & Downey)
[Apparently very scarce]
The World's Great Snare : A Novel (1896 Ward & Downey) (1913 Little Brown) - J Ambrose Walton
The Postmaster of Market Deignton : A Tale (1897 Routledge)
The Amazing Judgement (1897 Downey)
[Apparently very scarce]

1898-1899
The Mysterious Mr Sabin (1898 Ward Lock) (1905 Little Brown)
(1899 Ward Lock) - J Ambrose Walton
A Daughter of Astraea (1898 Arrowsmith) (191 ? D W Newton, NY)
As a Man Lives : A Tale (1898 Ward Lock) (1908 Little Brown) - Stanley L Wood
(1908 Doscher NY as "The Yellow House")
The Man and His Kingdom : A Tale (1899 Ward Lock) (1906 Little Brown) - J Ambrose Walton

1900-1903
A Millionaire of Yesterday (1900 Ward Lock) (1906 Little Brown) - Stanley L Wood
The Survivor (1901 Ward Lock)c1901 Little Brown) - Stanley L Wood
Master of Men (1901 Methuen) (in US as "Enoch Strone" 1902 Dillingham)
The Great Awakening (1902 Ward Lock) (in US as "A Sleeping Memory" 1902 Dillingham)
The Traitors (1902 Ward Lock) (1903 Dodd Mead)
A Prince of Sinners (1903 Ward Lock) (1903 Little Brown)
The Yellow Crayon (1903 Ward Lock) (1903 Dodd Mead)

1904-1905
The Betrayal (1904 Ward Lock) (1904 Dodd Mead) - John Cameron
Anna the Adventuress (1904 Ward Lock) - F H Townsend
The Master Mummer (1904 Little Brown) (1905 Hodder & Stoughton)
A Maker of History (1905 Ward Lock) (1905 Little Brown)

1906-1907
A Lost Leader (1906 Ward Lock) (1906 Little Brown) - Fred Pegram
Mr Wingrave, Millionaire (1906 Ward Lock) (in US as "The Malefactor" 1906 Little Brown)
Berenice (1907 Little Brown) (1910 Ward Lock - H Somerville)
The Conspirators (1907 Ward Lock) (in US as "The Avenger" 1907 Little Brown)
The Secret (1907 Ward Lock) (in US as "The Great Secret" 1907 Little Brown)
The Missioner (1907 Little Brown) (1908 Ward Lock)

1908-1909
The Governors (1908 Ward Lock) (1909 Little Brown)
The Distributors (1908 McClure, NY) (in UK as "Ghosts of Society" (1908 Hodder & Stoughton)
Later re-issued as "Plunderers" (1912 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Long Arm of Manister (1908 Little Brown) (in UK as "The Long Arm" 1909 Ward Lock) - ss
Jeanne of the Marshes (1908 Little Brown) (c1909 Ward Lock)
Mr Marx's Secret (1909 Ward Lock) (1916 Little Brown)
[Originally appeared in the Sheffield Weekly Telegraph in 1899]
The Kingdom of Earth (1909 Mills & Boon) (1909 Little Brown) - by Anthony Partridge
Later issued as "The Black Watcher" (1912 Hodder & Stoughton)

1910-1911
Passers By (1910 Little Brown) (1911 Ward Lock) - by Anthony Partridge
(1918 Lloyds, London)
The Illustrious Prince (1910 Hodder & Stoughton) (1910 Little Brown)
The Missing Delora (1910 Methuen) (in US as "The Lost Ambassdor" 1910 Little Brown)
The Moving Finger (1910 Little Brown) (in UK as "The Falling Star" 1911 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Golden Web (1910 Little Brown) (1918 Lloyds) - by Anthony Partridge
Havoc (1911 Little Brown) (1912 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Double Four (1911 Cassell) - ss
The Temptation of Tavernake (1911 Little Brown) (1913 Hodder & Stoughton)

1912-1913
The Court of St Simon (1912 Little Brown) - by Anthony Partridge ("Seeing Life" 1919 Lloyds)
The Adventures of Peter Ruff (1912 Hodder & Stoughton) - ss
(in US as "Peter Ruff and the Double Four" 1912 Little Brown)
The New Tenant, A Daughter of Astrea Vol 2 (1912 Collier, NY)
For the Queen (1912 Ward Lock) (1913 Little Brown)
Those Other Days (1912 Ward Lock) (1913 Little Brown) - ss
The Lighted Way (1912 Hodder & Stoughton) (1912 Little Brown)
The Mischief Maker (1912 Little Brown) (1913 Hodder & Stoughton)
Mr Laxworthy's Adventures (1913 Cassell) - ss
The Way of These Women (1913 Little Brown) (1914 Methuen)
The Double Life of Mr Alfred Burton (1913 Little Brown) (1914 Hodder & Stoughton)

1914-1916
The Amazing Partnership (1914 Cassell) - ss
A People's Man (1914 Little Brown) (1915 Methuen)
The Vanished Messenger (1914 Little Brown) (1916 Methuen)
The Black Box : A Novel (1915 Grosset & Dunlap, NY) (1917 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Double Traitor (1915 Little Brown) (1918 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Game of Liberty (1915 Cassell) (in US as "An Amiable Charlatan" 1916 Little Brown)
Mr Grex of Monte Carlo (1915 Methuen) (1915 Little Brown)
The Kingdom of the Blind (1916 Little Brown) (1917 Hodder & Stoughton)
Mysteries of the Riviera : A Novel (1916 Cassell)

1917-1918
The Hillman (1917 Methuen) (1917 Little Brown)
Cinema Murder (1917 Little Brown) (in UK as "The Other Romilly" 1918 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Pawns Count (1918 Hodder & Stoughton) (1918 Little Brown)
The Zeppelin's Passenger (1918 Little Brown)
(in UK as "Mr Lessingham Goes Home" 1919 Hodder & Stoughton)
Hvem er Mr Sabin ? (1918 John Anderson, Chicago)

1919-1920
The Wicked Marquis (1919 Hodder & Stoughton) (1919 Little Brown)
The Strange Case of Mr Jocelyn Thew (1919 Hodder & Stoughton)
(in US as "Box with Broken Seals" 1919 Little Brown)
The Curious Quest (1919 Little Brown)
( in UK as "The Amazing Quest of Mr Ernest Bliss" 1922 Hodder & Stoughton)
[Filmed in 1936 as "The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss"]
The Great Impersonation (1920 Hodder & Stoughton) (1920 Little Brown)
[This sold over 1 million copies]
[Filmed in 1935 & 1942]
Aaron Rodd, Diviner (1920 Hodder & Stoughton) - ss
Ambrose Lavendale, Diplomat (1920 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Hon Algernon Knox, Detective (1920 Hodder & Stoughton) - ss
The Devil's Paw (1920 Little Brown) (1921 Hodder & Stoughton)

1921-1922
The Profiteers (1921 Hodder & Stoughton) (1921 Little Brown)
Jacob's Ladder (1921 Hodder & Stoughton) (1921 Little Brown)
Nobody's Man (1921 Little Brown) (1922 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Evil Shepherd (1922 Little Brown) (1923 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Great Prince Shan (1922 Hodder & Stoughton) (1922 Little Brown)

1923-1924
The Inevitable Millionaires (1923 Hodder & Stoughton) (1927 Little Brown)
The Seven Conundrums (1923 Little Brown) (1924 Hodder & Stoughton) - ss
Michael's Evil Deeds (1923 Little Brown) (1924 Hodder & Stoughton) - ss
The Mystery Road (1924 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Wrath to Come (1924 Little Brown) (1925 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Passionate Quest (1924 Hodder & Stoughton) (1924 Little Brown)
The Terrible Hobby of Sir Joseph Londe (1924 Hodder & Stoughton) (1927 Little Brown) - ss

1925-1926
Stolen Idols (1925 Hodder & Stoughton) (1925 Little Brown)
The Adventures of Mr Joseph P Cray (1925 Hodder & Stoughton) (1927 Little Brown) - ss
Gabriel Samara (1925 Hodder & Stoughton)
(in US as "Gabriel Samara, Peacemaker " 1925 Little Brown)
The Golden Beast (1926 Hodder & Stoughton) (1926 Little Brown)
The Quest for Winter Sunshine (1926 Methuen) (1927 Little Brown)
Prodigals of Monte Carlo (1926 Hodder & Stoughton) (1926 Little Brown)
The Little Gentleman from Okehampstead (1926 Hodder & Stoughton) - ss
Harvey Garrard's Crime (1926 Little Brown) (1927 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Interloper (1926 Little Brown) (in UK as "The Ex-Duke" 1927 Hodder & Stoughton)

1927-1928
The Channy Syndicate (1927 Hodder & Stoughton) (1927 Little Brown) - ss
Mr Billingham, The Marquis and Madelon (1927 Hodder & Stoughton) (1929 Little Brown) - ss
Miss Brown of XYO (1927 Hodder & Stoughton) (1927 Little Brown)
Madame (1927 Hodder & Stoughton)
(in US as "Madame and Her Twelve Virgins" 1927 Little Brown) - ss
Nicholas Goade, Detective (1927 Hodder & Stoughton) (1929 Little Brown)
The Light Beyond (1928 Hodder & Stoughton) (1928 Little Brown)
The Fortunate Wayfarer (1928 Hodder & Stoughton) (1928 Little Brown)
The Exploits of Pudgy Pete & Co (1928 Hodder & Stoughton) - ss
Chronicles of Melhampton (1928 Hodder & Stoughton) - ss
Matorini's Vineyard (1928 Little Brown) (1929 Hodder & Stoughton)

1929-1930
The Treasure House of Martin Hews (1929 Hodder & Stoughton) (1929 Little Brown)
The Human Chase (1929 Hodder & Stoughton) - ss
Jennerton & Co (1929 Hodder & Stoughton) - ss
Blackman's Wood : A Play (1929 Readers Library) - with Agatha Christie's "The Under Dog"
What Happened to Forester (1929 Hodder & Stoughton) (1930 Little Brown) - ss
The Glenlitten Murder (1929 Hodder & Stoughton) (1929 Little Brown)
The Million Pound Deposit (1930 Hodder & Stoughton) (1930 Little Brown)
Slane's Long Shots (1930 Hodder & Stoughton) (1930 Little Brown) - ss
The Lion and the Lamb (1930 Hodder & Stoughton) (1930 Little Brown)

1931-1932
Up the Ladder of Gold (1931 Hodder & Stoughton) (1931 Little Brown)
Inspector Dickins Retires (1931 Hodder & Stoughton)
(in US as "Gangster's Glory" 1931 Little Brown) - ss
Simple Peter Cradd : A Novel (1931 Hodder & Stoughton) (1931 Little Brown)
The Oppenheim Omnibus : 41 Stories (1931 Hodder & Stoughton)
Sinners Beware (1932 Little Brown) (1932 Hodder & Stoughton) - ss
Moran Chambers Smiled (1932 Hodder & Stoughton)
(in US as " The Man from Sing Sing" 1932 Little Brown)
The Ostrekoff Jewels (1932 Hodder & Stoughton) (1932 Little Brown)
Crooks in the Sunshine (1932 Hodder & Stoughton) (1933 Little Brown) - ss
The Secret Service Omnibus (1932 Hodder & Stoughton)

1933-1934
Murder at Monte Carlo (1933 Hodder & Stoughton) (1933 Little Brown)
(Selected by) Many Mysteries (1933 Rich & Cowan)
The Ex-Detective (1933 Hodder & Stoughton) (1933 Little Brown) - ss
The Oppenheim Omnibus : Clowns & Criminals (1933 Blue Ribbon Books, NY)
Jeremiah and the Princess : A Novel (1933 Hodder & Stoughton) (1933 Little Brown)
The Gallows of Chance (1934 Hodder & Stoughton) (1934 Little Brown)
The Bank Manager (1934 Hodder & Stoughton)
(in US as "The Man without Nerves" 1934 Little Brown)
The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent (1934 Little Brown) (1935 Hodder & Stoughton)
[Filmed in 1938 as "Strange Boarders"]

1935-1936
The Spy Paramount (1935 Hodder & Stoughton) (1935 Little Brown)
The Battle of Basinghall Street : A Novel (1935 Hodder & Stoughton) (1935 Little Brown)
General Besserley's Puzzle Box : Stories (1935 Hodder & stoughton) (1935 Little Brown)
The Bird of Paradise (1936 Hodder & Stoughton) (in US as "The Floating Peril" 1936 Little Brown)
Advice Unlimited : A Series of Stories (1936 Hodder & Stoughton) (1936 Little Brown)
Ask Miss Mott : A Series of Stories (1936 Hodder & Stoughton)
Judy of Bunter's Buildings (1936 Hodder & Stoughton)
(in US as "The Magnificent Hoax" 1936 Little Brown)

1937-1938
The Dumb Gods Speak (1937 Hodder & Stoughton) (1937 Little Brown)
Curious Happenings to the Rooke Legatees : A Series of Stories (1937 Hodder & Stoughton)
(1938 Little Brown)
Envoy Extraordinary (1937 Hodder & Stoughton) (1937 Little Brown)
The Mayor on Horseback (1937 Little Brown) - not publ in UK
The Colossus of Arcadia (1938 Hodder & Stoughton) (1938 Little Brown)
A Pulpit in the Grill Room : A Series of Stories (1938 Hodder & Stoughton) (1939 Little Brown)
The Spymaster (1938 Hodder & Stoughton) (1938 Little Brown)

1939-1940
Sir Adam Disappeared (1939 Hodder & Stoughton)
And Still I Cheat the Gallows : A Series of Stories (1939 Hodder & Stoughton)
Exit a Dictator (1939 Little Brown) (1939 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Stranger's Gate (1939 Little Brown) (1940 Hodder & Stoughton)
General Besserley's Second Puzzle Box : A Series of Stories (1939 Hodder & Stoughton)
(1940 Little Brown)
The Grassleyes Mystery (1940 Hodder & Stoughton) (1940 Little Brown)
Last Train Out (1940 Little Brown) (1941 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Milan Grill Rom : Further Adventures of Louis, the Manager, and Major Lyson, the Raconteur
(1940 Hodder & Stoughton) (1941 Little Brown) - ss
The Oppenheim Secret Service Omnibus : Spies & Intrigues (c1940 Blue Ribbon Books NY)

After 1941
The Shy Plutocrat (1941 Hodder & Stoughton) (1941 Little Brown)
The Pool of Memory ; Memoirs (1941 Hodder & Stoughton) (1942 Little Brown)
The Man Who Changed his Plea (1942 Hodder & Stoughton) (1942 Little Brown)
The Man Who Thought he was a Pauper (1943 Todd, London) - 16pp
Mr Mirakel (1943 Hodder & Stoughton) (1943 Little Brown)
The Great Bear (1943 Todd, London) (1944 Vallancey Press, London)

READING
Robert Standish : The Prince of Storytellers - The Life of E Phillips Oppenheimer (1957 Peter Davies)