
author
d. 1916
A British novelist, soldier, and civil servant, he wrote fast-moving historical romances and adventure fiction shaped by his years in British India. His stories helped bring late-Victorian action and intrigue to a wide popular audience.

by S. (Sidney) Levett Yeats

by S. (Sidney) Levett Yeats

by S. (Sidney) Levett Yeats

by S. (Sidney) Levett Yeats

by S. (Sidney) Levett Yeats

by S. (Sidney) Levett Yeats
Born in 1858 and known in print as S. Levett-Yeats, Sidney Kilner Levett-Yeats was an English writer whose career also included service in the Indian Army and the Indian Civil Service. Sources consistently describe him as a novelist with strong ties to British India, and his life seems to have informed the energy and imperial settings found in much of his fiction.
He is best remembered for historical and adventure novels such as The Honour of Savelli and The Chevalier d'Auriac. His work was published in the late nineteenth century, and modern library and public-domain listings show that a substantial number of his books have remained in circulation.
Levett-Yeats died in 1916. While he is not as widely known today as some of his contemporaries, his novels still appeal to readers who enjoy vintage romances, swashbuckling plots, and historical fiction from the Victorian and Edwardian eras.