Edward Money

Born in Calcutta in the early 1820s, Edward James D'Orley Thrale Money was a British army officer who later became known as a prolific 19th-century author. Reliable library and research sources identify him as both a military man and a writer, and they connect his life closely with British India.

His books show an unusually wide range. He wrote nonfiction based on his experiences, including Twelve Months with the Bashi-Bazouks and Batteries in the Crimea, and he also published fiction such as The Wife and the Ward. Another of his best-known works, The Cultivation and Manufacture of Tea, reflects his practical interest in agriculture and industry as well as the colonial world he knew firsthand.

That mix of soldier, traveler, and observer gives his writing its character. Whether describing conflict, social life, or the business of tea, his books offer a direct window into Victorian ideas about empire and everyday life across regions that fascinated British readers of the time.