Henry Christopher Bailey
(1878–1961)

English author of detective fiction and historical romances. His best remembered works are those featuring a medically qualified detective called Reggie Fortune.

Henry Christopher Bailey

Works

(Partial list)

Romantic and historic fiction

  • My Lady of Orange (1901) (external scan)
  • Karl of Erbach (1903) (external scan)
  • The Master of Gray (1903) (external scan)
  • Rimingtons (1904)
  • Beaujeu (1905) (external scan)
  • Under Castle Walls (1906), aka Springtime
  • A Gentleman of Fortune aka Raoul, a Gentleman of Fortune (1907)
  • The God of Clay (1908) (external scan)
  • Colonel Greatheart (1908) (external scan)
  • Storm and Treasure (1910)
  • The Lonely Lady (1911)
  • The Suburban (1912)
  • The Sea Captain (1913)
  • The Gentleman Adventurer (1914)
  • The Highwayman (1915), historical romance
  • The Gamesters (1916)
  • The Young Lovers (1917)
  • The Pillar of Fire (1918)
  • Barry Leroy (1919)
  • His Serene Highness (1920)
  • The Fool (1921)
  • The Plot (1922)
  • The Rebel (1923)
  • Knight at Arms (1924)
  • The Golden Fleece (1925)

Detective fiction

  • Call Mr. Fortune (1920) (short stories collection)
    • The Archduke's Tea
    • The Sleeping Companion
    • The Nice Girl
    • The Efficient Assassin
    • The Hottentot Venus
    • The Business Minister
  • Mr Fortune's Practice (1923) (short stories collection)
  • Mr Fortune's Trials (1925) (short stories collection)

Magazine works

  1. "The Coming of Cæsar," 1908 May
  2. "Alfred the King," 1908 June
  3. "William the Norman," 1908 July
  4. "King John Comes to Heel," 1908 Aug
  5. "The Merry King," 1908 Sept
  6. "An Angel of Revolution," 1908 Oct

Raoul, a Gentleman of Fortune

Included in "The Fool" (1921) (Chapters 1-12 of 27) historical fiction

  • The Fool: Everybody's Magazine, May - Sept 1921
  1. "Tale of an Empress," May 1921 [Chap. 1, 2]
  2. "Tale of the King's Heir," June 1921 [Chap. 3, 4]
  3. "The Fool and the Queen," July 1921 [Chap. 5, 6, 7]
  4. "The Tale of a Villein," Aug 1921 [Chap. 8, 9]
  5. "The Tale of a Triumph," Sept 1921 [Chap. 10, 11, 12]

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1927.


The author died in 1961, so works by this author are also in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 60 years or less. Works by this author may also be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 
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