Hilary St George Saunders
Male : Crime Novelist & Historian. Died of asthma
Nationality : English
Place of Birth : Clifton, Bristol
Date of Birth : 1898 Date of Death : 1951 Age : 53
Pseudonyms : With J L Palmer wrote as Francis Beeding
& David Pilgrim. With Geoffrey Dennis wrote as Barum Browne. With
John de Vere Loder wrote as Cornelius Coffyn
Education : Downside & Oxford
As Francis Beeding
Colonel Granby Novels
UK published by Hodder & Stoughton & USA by Little Brown)
Published in the same year with US edition first
The Six Proud Walkers (1928)
The Five Flamboys (1929)
Pretty Sinister (1929)
The Four Armourers (1930)
The League of Discontent (1930)
Take it Crooked (1932)
Published in the same year with UK edition first
The Two Undertakers (1933)
The One Sane Man (1934)
US editions by Harper from here on
The Eight Crooked Trenches (1936)
The Nine Waxed Faces (1936)
Hell Let Loose (1937)
The Black Arrows (1938)
The Ten Holy Horrors (1939)
Eleven Were Brave (1940) (1941 US)
Not a Bad Show (1940) (in US as "The Secret Weapon")
The Twelve Disguises (1942)
There Are Thirteen (1946)
Other Novels by Francis Beeding
UK by Hodder & stoughton & US by Little Brown
The Seven Sleepers (1925 US) (1925 Hutchinson)
The Little White Hag (1926 Hutchinson) (1926 US)
The Hidden Kingdom (1927)
The House of Doctor Edwardes (1927) (1928 LB) (1945 as "Spellbound")
Death Walks in Eastrepps (1931) (1931 Mystery League, US)
The Three Fishers (1931)
Murder Intended (1932)
The Emerald Clasp (1933)
US by Harper from here on
Mr Bobadil (1934) (1934 in US as "The Street of the Serpents")
Death in Four Letters (1935)
The Norwich Victims (1935)
The Erring Under-Secretary (1937 H & S pb)
No Fury (1937) (1937 in US as "Murdered : One by One")
The Big Fish (1938) (1938 in US as "Heads Off at Midnight")
He Could Not Have Slipped (1939)
As David Pilgrim (with John L Palmer)
So Great a Man (1937 Macmillan) (1937 Harper)
No Common Glory (1941 Macmillan) (1941 Harper)
The Grand Design (1944 Macmillan) (1944 Harper)
The Emperor's Servant (1946 Macmillan)
As Barum Browne (with Geoffrey Dennis)
The Devil and XYZ (1931 Gollancz) (1931 Doubleday)
As Cornelius Coffyn (with John de Vere Loder)
The Death Riders (1935 Gollancz) (1935 Knopf)
As Hilary St George Saunders
Return at Dawn (1943 New Zealand Tourist Dept) - pb
Per Ardua (1944 OUP)
Pioneers ! O Pioneers ! (1944 Macmillan)
Ford at War (1946 Harrison) - pb
The Left Handshake (1948 Collins)
Valiant Voyaging (1948 Faber)
The Middlesex Hospital 1745-1948 (1949 Max Parrish pb)
The Green Beret (1949 Michael Joseph)
The Red Beret (1950 Michael Joseph)
[Filmed in 1953]
The Red cross and the White (1949 Hollis & Carter)
The Sleeping Bacchus (1951 Michael Joseph) - novel
Westminster Hall (1951 Michael Joseph)
Royal Air Force 1939-1945 (1953-4 HMSO) - 3 vols. with Denis G Richards
Books published Anonymously
The Battle of Britain (1941 HMSO / Min of Information) - unillustrated pamphlet
The Battle of Britain (1941 HMSO) (1941 Doubleday) - illustrated pamphlet
The Battle of Britain (1941 Puffin Picture Book No 21)
Bomber Command (1941 HMSO / Min of Information) (1941 Doubleday) - pamphlet
Air Sea Rescue (1942 HMSO / Min of Information) - pamphlet
Bomber Command Continues (1942 HMSO / Min of Information) - pamphlet
Coastal Command (1943 HMSO / Min of Information) (1943 Macmillan US) - pamphlet
Combined Operations (1943 HMSO / Min of Information) (1943 Macmillan US) - pamphlet
By Air to Battle (1945 HMSO / Min of Information) - pamphlet