Henry Curties

Born in 1860 and dying in 1928, he was a British author who sometimes published as Captain Henry Curties. Reference sources connect him especially with historical novels and mysteries, while the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction also notes his place on the fringes of early science fiction.

Among his better-known books are A Forgotten Prince of Wales and A Queen's Error, works that show his interest in drama rooted in the past. He also wrote Tears of Angels (1907), described as his first science-fiction novel, and Out of the Shadows (1908), a story mixing detection with occult elements.

That range gives his work an appealing old-world variety: one book may turn to royalty and hidden motives, another to mystery, and another to strange imaginative ideas. For modern listeners, he offers a glimpse of popular British storytelling from the early twentieth century, where history, suspense, and fantasy often overlap.