author
Harold Wheeler
b. 1877
A prolific British popular historian and editor, he wrote lively books that brought military history, exploration, London, and the wider world to general readers in the early 20th century. His work ranged from biographies of famous leaders to richly illustrated survey books made to inform and entertain.
4 Audiobooks
The Story of Napoleon
by Harold Wheeler
The Story of Wellington
by Harold Wheeler
War in the Underseas
by Harold Wheeler
The Boys' Nelson
by Harold Wheeler
About the author
Born in 1877, Harold Felix Baker Wheeler was a British author and historian whose books were aimed at a broad audience rather than a strictly academic one. Surviving library and public-domain records connect him with dozens of works on history, biography, empire, war, geography, and general knowledge, showing just how wide his interests were.
He wrote titles such as The Story of Wellington, The Story of the British Navy, War in Wexford, and The Wonderful Story of London, and he was also involved in large illustrated reference-style projects including Peoples of the World in Pictures. The overall picture is of a writer who helped package history and world affairs into vivid, accessible reading for families and general readers.
Detailed personal information about his life is surprisingly scarce in the sources readily available online, but the publication record is clear: Wheeler was an energetic and versatile man of letters whose books reflect the curiosity, confidence, and storytelling style of British popular history publishing in the first half of the 20th century.