author
Arthur Frederick Wallis
b. 1874
Best known for the historical novel Idonia: A Romance of Old London, this little-known early 20th-century writer also published the play Stars of the Morning. His surviving work points to a taste for dramatic storytelling and richly imagined settings from the past.
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Idonia: A Romance of Old London
by Arthur Frederick Wallis
About the author
Very little biographical information about this author appears to be widely documented online, but library and book records identify him as Arthur Frederick Wallis, born in 1874.
He is best known for Idonia: A Romance of Old London, a historical novel published in 1914, and he is also credited with Stars of the Morning: A Play, published in 1903. These works suggest an author drawn to both stage drama and historical fiction.
Because reliable personal details are scarce, Wallis is remembered mainly through his books rather than through a well-recorded public life. That air of mystery gives his work an added curiosity for readers interested in overlooked authors of the period.