Alfred Duggan
Alfred Duggan (* 1903 in Lomas de Zamora , Argentina , † April 4, 1964 in Ross-on-Wye , Wales ) was a British writer who wrote historical novels.
Duggan was born in Argentina to a wealthy landowning family of Irish and American origins. Duggan's family moved to England when he was two years old. His mother Grace married the British politician and former Viceroy of India, Lord George Curzon , after the death of his father Alfred Hubert Duggan .
His novels were known to be based on accurate historical research. The novels were mostly about ancient Rome and the Middle Ages .
Knight With Armor (1946) was Duggan's first novel. Duggan toured every place and battlefield mentioned in the novel, having participated in excavations in Istanbul as an archaeologist during the 1930s .
Works
Novels
- Knight with Armor (1946)
- Conscience of the Kin (1951)
- The Little Emperors (1951)
- Lady for Ransom (1953)
- Leopards and lilies (1954)
- God and My Right (1955)
- Winter Quarters (1956)
- Devil's Brood: The Angevin Family (1957)
- Three's Company (1958)
- Children of the Wolf (1959)
- Founding Fathers (1959)
- The Cunning of the Dove (1960)
- The King of Athelney (1961)
- The Right Line of Cerdic (1961)
- Lord Geoffrey's Fancy (1962)
- Besieger of Cities (1963)
- Family Favorites (1963)
- Count Bohemond (1964)
- The Romans (1965)
- Castles (1969)
- Elephants and Castles (1973)
- Alfred the Great (2005)
- Sword of Pleasure (2006)
Non-fiction
- Thomas Becket of Canterbury (1952)
- Julius Caesar: A Great Life in Brief (1955)
- My Life for My Sheep: Thomas a Becket (1955)
- He Died Old: Mithradates Eupator, King of Pontus (1958)
- Look At Castles (1960)
- The Castle Book (1961)
- Look At Churches (1961)
- Growing Up in Thirteenth Century England (1962)
- The Story of the Crusades 1097-1291 (1963)
- Growing up with the Norman Conquest (1965)
- The Falcon And the Dove: A Life of Thomas Becket of Canterbury (1971)
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred Duggan in the catalog of the German National Library
- About Duggan's literary work ( Memento of February 7, 2005 on the Internet Archive )
- Dictionary of Irish Latin American Biography: Duggan, Alfred Leo
Individual evidence
- ^ Alfred Duggan, Novelist, is dead , The New York Times , April 5, 1964; accessed on March 25, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duggan, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duggan, Alfred Leo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lomas de Zamora |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 4th 1964 |
| Place of death | Ross-on-Wye |