author

Walter Phelps Dodge

b. 1869

A little-known historical novelist and biographer, remembered for books that ranged from royal history to adventurous travel subjects. His work has surfaced in library catalogs and reprint editions, suggesting a writer with a steady interest in dramatic lives from the past.

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As the Crow Flies: From Corsica to Charing Cross

As the Crow Flies: From Corsica to Charing Cross

by Walter Phelps Dodge

About the author

Walter Phelps Dodge was an author active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Library records and book catalogs credit him with works including Piers Gaveston, The Real Sir Richard Burton, From Squire to Prince, As the Crow Flies, and King Charles I.

From those titles, he appears to have worked mainly in historical writing and biography, with a taste for vivid personalities and dramatic periods. While detailed biographical information about his life is hard to confirm from readily available reliable sources, his surviving bibliography shows a clear fascination with history, empire, and notable public figures.

Because so little about him is widely documented today, his books are the best introduction to his interests: energetic, character-focused, and rooted in the lives of people who left a mark on their age.