Arthur Griffiths (author)
Arthur George Frederick Griffiths (9 December 1838 – 24 March 1908) was a prison administrator and author who published more than 60 books during his lifetime. He was also a military historian who wrote extensively about the wars of the 19th century, and was for a time military correspondent for The Times newspaper.[1]
His later accounts of crime and punishment in England were "sensational and grotesque", designed to appeal to the baser fascinations of his Victorian readers. Their success led him to write mystery crime novels such as Fast and Loose, published in 1885.[1]
Notes
- 1 2 Forsythe, Bill (2004), "Griffiths, Arthur George Frederick (1838–1908)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.), retrieved 11 July 2012 (subscription or UK public library membership required)
References
Woods, Gabriel Stanley (1912). "Griffiths, Arthur George Frederick". In Lee, Sidney. Dictionary of National Biography, 1912 supplement. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
External links
- Works by Arthur Griffiths at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Arthur Griffiths at Internet Archive
- Works by Arthur Griffiths at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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