author
Henry William Herbert
1807–1858
An English-born American man of letters who wrote under the pen name Frank Forester, he brought together fiction, history, outdoor life, and sporting writing in a way that helped shape 19th-century American literary culture. His work ranges from historical novels to influential books on hunting, fishing, and life in the field.
7 Audiobooks
The Roman Traitor, Vol. 2
by Henry William Herbert
The dog
by Henry William Herbert, W. N. (William Nelson) Hutchinson, Edward Mayhew
The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1
by Henry William Herbert
Warwick Woodlands: Things as they Were There Twenty Years Ago
by Henry William Herbert
Wager of Battle: A Tale of Saxon Slavery in Sherwood Forest
by Henry William Herbert
The Silent Rifleman! A tale of the Texan prairies
by Henry William Herbert
The Knights of England, France, and Scotland
by Henry William Herbert
About the author
Born in London in 1807, Henry William Herbert was educated at Eton and at Caius College, Cambridge. After financial troubles, he emigrated to the United States in the early 1830s and built a wide-ranging career as a writer, editor, teacher, and illustrator.
He is best remembered by many readers as Frank Forester, the name under which he published sporting essays and books that became especially popular in America. But his output was far broader than that label suggests: he wrote novels, poetry, historical works, journalism, and practical books on outdoor life, earning a reputation for strong learning and remarkable versatility.
Herbert spent much of his career in New York literary circles, and his writing helped define early American sporting literature. His life ended tragically in 1858, yet his books still offer a vivid glimpse of the tastes, ambitions, and reading world of the 19th century.