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Duffield Osborne
1858–1917
A Brooklyn-born lawyer who turned to fiction and literary work, he wrote historical romances, adventure stories, and essays with a lively, late-19th-century flair. His career moved between the law, magazine writing, and the New York literary world.
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The Lion's Brood
by Duffield Osborne
About the author
Born in Brooklyn on June 20, 1858, Duffield Osborne was an American writer and lawyer. He studied at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute and Columbia, graduating from Columbia Law School in 1881, and he went on to build a writing career alongside his legal background.
Osborne wrote across several genres, including historical romance, adventure fiction, and nonfiction. Among the works associated with him are The Spell of Ashtaroth, The Robe of Nessus, The Secret of the Crater, and contributions to literary and historical volumes. Records of his correspondence and publications also place him within the active literary culture of New York in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
He died on November 20, 1917. Though not widely read today, his work reflects the range and energy of American popular writing of his era, especially the mix of classical, historical, and imaginative storytelling that appealed to readers of the time.