A. E. W. MasonMajor Alfred Edward Woodley Mason, born in May 1865, was a British writer and politician. He studied at Dulwich College and graduated from Trinity College, Oxford in 1888. He was a fellow of Liberal Anthony Hope, who went on to write the adventure bok The Prisoner of Zenda. He was an actor before he turn out a writer. He was also a keen cricket player. Mason was chose as a Liberal Member of Parliament for Coventry in the 1906 General Election. He handled only a single term in Parliament retiring at the next general election in January 1910. His first book, A Romance of Westdale, was published in 1895. He was the writer of more than 20 books, including At the Villa Rose (1910), a mystery novel in which he introduced his French detective, Inspector Hanaud. His best-known book is The Four Feathers, which has been made into several films. Other books are The House of Arrow (1924), No Other Tiger (1927), The Prisoner in the Opal (1929) and Fire Over England (1937). Mason altered to non-fiction as well, he wrote a biography of Sir Francis Drake (1941). He was functioning on a non-fiction book about Admiral Robert Blake when he died in 1948. Read More Read Less