author
Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen
1856–1947
A restless Victorian man of letters, he moved from Oxford to Sydney and then into a long writing career shaped by travel, journalism, and literary society. His books range from poetry and fiction to memoir and lively travel writing, especially on Egypt and the wider world.
2 Audiobooks
Twenty Years of My Life
by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen
The Admiral: A Romance of Nelson in the Year of the Nile
by Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen
About the author
Born in London on 5 February 1856, Douglas Brooke Wheelton Sladen studied at Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford. In 1879 he went to Australia, where he became the first professor of history at the University of Sydney before turning more fully toward literary work.
Back in Britain, he built a varied career as an author, editor, critic, and journalist. He wrote poetry, novels, travel books, and memoirs, and he was especially known for energetic, wide-ranging writing shaped by his travels and his interest in public and literary life.
Sladen also moved in well-connected cultural circles, and his reminiscences helped preserve memories of late Victorian and Edwardian literary society. He died at Hove on 12 February 1947, leaving behind a large and eclectic body of work that reflects both scholarship and a taste for adventure.