author
Percy John Hartley
b. 1875
Known today for a small cluster of early 20th-century historical romances, this elusive writer seems to have favored adventure, intrigue, and richly period settings over public celebrity.
1 Audiobook
My lady of Cleeve
by Percy John Hartley
About the author
Percy John Hartley is a little-documented novelist listed in library and public-domain records as being born in 1875. The surviving catalog trail suggests a modest but distinct body of fiction rather than a large literary career, and very little biographical detail appears to have been preserved online.
His known works include My Lady of Cleeve (published in 1908) and The Hand of Diane: A Romance of the Loire (1911). Reader and bookseller databases also associate him with Irma of Carpathia: A Romance of the Balkans (1913), pointing to a clear taste for historical romance and stories set against dramatic European backdrops.
Because so little trustworthy personal information is readily available, Hartley is best approached through the novels themselves. For listeners, that can be part of the appeal: the books arrive with a bit of mystery, carrying the atmosphere of an author whose stories outlasted the details of his life.