author
Charles H. (Charles Henry) Eden
1839–1900
A Victorian-era writer with real experience of Australia behind him, his books mix travel, adventure, and lively description. He wrote for readers curious about faraway places, exploration, and life across the British Empire.
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Lähetyssaarnaajan tytär: Kertomus Tsulujen maasta ja Cetewayo'sta
by Charles H. (Charles Henry) Eden
Australian Search Party
by Charles H. (Charles Henry) Eden
About the author
Born in England in 1839, Charles Henry Eden spent much of the 1860s in Queensland, Australia. After arriving at Moreton Bay in 1863, he tried several kinds of work, including gold digging, and later served as a police magistrate and sub-collector of customs.
He returned to England around 1870 and turned to writing. Over the rest of his life he produced numerous novels as well as travel and descriptive works, often drawing on Australia and other parts of the world as settings or subjects. His books include fiction, juvenile adventure, and geographical works such as Australia's Heroes and The Fifth Continent.
Eden died in 1900. Today he is remembered as a prolific late-19th-century author whose writing joined firsthand colonial experience with the period's strong appetite for travel, exploration, and adventure stories.