Henry Curties

Henry Curties was a British author born in London on February 2, 1860, and he died at King’s Lynn, Norfolk, on July 28, 1928. Reference sources describe him as sometimes publishing as Captain Henry Curties, and later as Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Curties.

He wrote across several popular early-20th-century genres rather than staying in just one lane. His work includes speculative novels such as Tears of Angels (1907), Out of the Shadows (1908), and When England Slept (1909), as well as historical and adventure titles including A Queen’s Error and A Forgotten Prince of Wales. That range helps explain why he can appear in both science-fiction reference works and library catalogs of historical fiction.

Curties seems to have been one of those versatile storytellers whose appeal lies in movement and atmosphere: secret plots, political danger, strange ideas, and a strong sense of period setting. While he is not as widely known today as some of his contemporaries, his books still circulate through public-domain editions and reader archives.