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Dornford Yates


(Cecil William Mercer)
UK flag (1885 - 1960)

Born Cecil William Mercer into a middle class Victorian family, Yates' parents scraped together enough money to send him to Harrow. The son of a solicitor, he qualified for the bar but gave up legal work in favour of his great passion for writing. As a consequence of education and experience, Yates' books feature the genteel life, a nostalgic glimpse at Edwardian decadence and a number of swindling solicitors. In his hey day and as testament to the fine writing in his novels, Dornford Yates' work was placed in the bestseller list. Indeed, 'Berry' is one of the great comic creations of twentieth century fiction, and 'Chandos' titles were successfully adapted for television. Finding the English climate utterly unbearable, Yates chose to live in the French Pyranees for eighteen years before moving on to Rhodesia where he died in 1960.
 

Genres: General Fiction
 
Series
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Chandos
   1. Blind Corner (1927)
   2. Perishable Goods (1928)
   3. Blood Royal (1929)
   4. Fire Below (1930)
     aka By Royal Command
   5. She Fell Among Thieves (1935)
   6. An Eye for a Tooth (1943)
   7. Red in the Morning (1946)
     aka Were Death Denied
   8. Cost Price (1949)
     aka The Laughing Bacchante
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Novels
   Anthony Lyveden (1921)
   Valerie French (1923)
   The Stolen March (1926)
   Safe Custody (1932)
   Storm Music (1934)
   She Painted Her Face (1937)
   This Publican (1938)
     aka The Devil in Satin
   Gale Warning (1939)
   Shoal Water (1940)
   Lower than Vermin (1950)
   Ne'er-Do-Well (1954)
   Wife Apparent (1956)
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Collections
   The Brother of Daphne (1914)
   The Courts of Idleness (1920)
   And Five were Foolish (1924)
   As Other Men Are (1925)
   Maiden's Stakes (1928)
   Period Stuff (1942)
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