author
Gordon Casserly
1869–1947
An Irish writer and former army officer, he turned firsthand experience in India, China, and North Africa into lively adventure books and travel writing. His stories often blend imperial-era reportage with jungle mystery and the supernatural.
4 Audiobooks
Life in an Indian Outpost
by Gordon Casserly
The Land of the Boxers; or, China under the Allies
by Gordon Casserly
The Elephant God
by Gordon Casserly
The Jungle Girl
by Gordon Casserly
About the author
Born in Dublin as James Henry Gordon Casserly, he served in the British Indian Army and drew heavily on that experience in his writing. His books include military memoir and travel titles such as Life in an Indian Outpost and The Land of the Boxers, along with fiction set in Asia and North Africa.
Casserly is especially remembered for fast-moving adventure novels like The Elephant God and The Jungle Girl. Several of his stories mix colonial adventure with uncanny or fantastical elements, giving them an unusual place between popular thriller, travel tale, and weird fiction.
He died in Brighton in 1947. Although he is not widely known today, his work still appeals to readers interested in early twentieth-century adventure writing, imperial travel narratives, and forgotten supernatural fiction.