W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams Audiobooks

About the author

Born in London on May 5, 1828, William Henry Davenport Adams was an English writer and journalist whose career stretched across an unusually wide range of subjects. He wrote for periodicals and produced a large body of books intended for curious, non-specialist readers.

Adams became known for making big topics feel accessible. His books covered travel, history, biography, natural history, popular science, and the odd or mysterious corners of the past, including folklore and superstition. Titles associated with him include Some Heroes of Travel, By-Ways in Book-Land, and Witch, Warlock, and Magician, which together show how comfortably he moved between education and entertainment.

He died on December 30, 1891. Today he is remembered less as a single-book author than as a versatile Victorian man of letters whose energetic, wide-ranging nonfiction captured the era's appetite for discovery, reading, and useful knowledge.

W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport) Adams

8 Audiobooks

By-ways in Book-land: Short Essays on Literary Subjects

Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland

Lighthouses and Lightships A Descriptive and Historical Account of Their Mode of Construction and Organization

Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century

Curiosities of Superstition, and Sketches of Some Unrevealed Religions

In the Far East A Narrative of Exploration and Adventure in Cochin-China, Cambodia, Laos, and Siam

Some Heroes of Travel or, Chapters from the History of Geographical Discovery and Enterprise

Everyday Objects; Or, Picturesque Aspects of Natural History.

About the author