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| '''Valentine Williams''' (born '''George Valentine Williams''') was a journalist and writer of popular fiction. | '''Valentine Williams''' (born '''George Valentine Williams''') was a journalist and writer of popular fiction. | ||
| Williams was the eldest son of the chief editor at ] and |
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| In December 1915, Williams enlisted for service in the ] and Beach Thomas took his place as an accredited reporter in France. Williams was awarded the ] as a soldier and wrote two autobiographical books about his war-time experiences. In the aftermath of war, he travelled widely as a reporter, covering events such as the ] and the discovery of the tomb of ], as well as events in America. It was during this period that he began writing ]s.{{sfnp|West|2009|pp=580-581|ps=}} | In December 1915, Williams enlisted for service in the ] and Beach Thomas took his place as an accredited reporter in France. Williams was awarded the ] as a soldier and wrote two autobiographical books about his war-time experiences. In the aftermath of war, he travelled widely as a reporter, covering events such as the ] and the discovery of the tomb of ], as well as events in America. ] met him in connection with events at Versailles and described in a dairy entry that "He is far too intelligent to be employed by such a paper" (the ''Daily Mauk''){{sfnp|Nicolson|2013|p=15 April|ps=}} It was during this period that he began writing ]s.{{sfnp|West|2009|pp=580-581|ps=}} | ||
| Williams was too old for active service at the outbreak of ]. He joined the ], vetting potential new recruits such as ] and ]. He was transferred to the British Embassy in Washington in 1941 but soon after left for ], where he worked as a ] for ] and ].{{sfnp|West|2009|pp=580-581|ps=}} | Williams was too old for active service at the outbreak of ]. He joined the ], vetting potential new recruits such as ] and ]. He was transferred to the British Embassy in Washington in 1941 but soon after left for ], where he worked as a ] for ] and ].{{sfnp|West|2009|pp=580-581|ps=}} | ||
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| *{{citation |title=Modern Witnesses: Foreign Correspondents, Geopolitical Vision, and the First World War |first=Matthew |last=Farish |journal=Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers |series=New |volume=26 |issue=3 |year=2001 |pages=273-287 |publisher=The Royal Geographical Society |jstor=3650646}} {{subscription required}} | *{{citation |title=Modern Witnesses: Foreign Correspondents, Geopolitical Vision, and the First World War |first=Matthew |last=Farish |journal=Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers |series=New |volume=26 |issue=3 |year=2001 |pages=273-287 |publisher=The Royal Geographical Society |jstor=3650646}} {{subscription required}} | ||
| *{{citation |title=Peacemaking, 1919 |first=Harold |last=Nicolson |authorlink=Harold Nicolson |publisher=Faber & Faber |year=2013 |origyear=1943 |isbn=9780571309245 |url= | |||
| *{{citation |title=Austin Harrison and the English Review |first=Martha S. |last=Vogeler |publisher=University of Missouri Press |year=2008 |isbn=9780826266682 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=H0nLSepb2GAC}} | |||
| *{{citation |title=The A to Z of British Intelligence |first=Nigel |last=West |authorlink=Nigel West |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2009 |isbn=9780810870284 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zYAXAAAAQBAJ}} | *{{citation |title=The A to Z of British Intelligence |first=Nigel |last=West |authorlink=Nigel West |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=2009 |isbn=9780810870284 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=zYAXAAAAQBAJ}} | ||
| *{{citation |title=Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America |editor1-first=Clarence R. |editor1-last=Wyatt |editor2-first=Martin J. |editor2-last=Manning |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2011 |isbn=9781598842272 |volume=2 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=c4D1VD4x9M4C}} | *{{citation |title=Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America |editor1-first=Clarence R. |editor1-last=Wyatt |editor2-first=Martin J. |editor2-last=Manning |publisher=ABC-CLIO |year=2011 |isbn=9781598842272 |volume=2 |url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=c4D1VD4x9M4C}} | ||
Revision as of 17:03, 16 November 2013
Valentine Williams (born George Valentine Williams) was a journalist and writer of popular fiction.
Williams was the eldest son of the chief editor at Reuters, and both his brother and an uncle were also journalists. He replaced Austin Harrison as the Reuters correspondent in Berlin in 1905, aged 21. In 1908, he left Reuters to join the Daily Mail, filing stories from Paris and covering the Portuguese revolution of 1910. He was in the Balkans at the outbreak of World War 1 and became one of the first accredited war correspondents in March 1915. William Beach Thomas had been reporting the war for the Daily Mail in the period before official accreditations were granted. When the British government relented its opposition to the presence of journalists in 1915, having been warned by Theodore Roosevelt that reporting limitations were affecting public opinion in the United States, Williams stepped into the role.
In December 1915, Williams enlisted for service in the Irish Guards and Beach Thomas took his place as an accredited reporter in France. Williams was awarded the Military Cross as a soldier and wrote two autobiographical books about his war-time experiences. In the aftermath of war, he travelled widely as a reporter, covering events such as the Versailles Peace Conference and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamen, as well as events in America. Harold Nicolson met him in connection with events at Versailles and described in a dairy entry that "He is far too intelligent to be employed by such a paper" (the Daily Mauk) It was during this period that he began writing thrillers.
Williams was too old for active service at the outbreak of World War 2. He joined the Secret Intelligence Service, vetting potential new recruits such as Malcolm Muggeridge and Kim Philby. He was transferred to the British Embassy in Washington in 1941 but soon after left for Hollywood, where he worked as a scriptwriter for Twentieth-Century Fox and Metro-Goldwyn Mayer.
Works
Among the books written by Williams are:
- With Our Army In Flanders. Arnold. 1915.
- Adventures of an Ensign. 1917.
- The Man with the Clubfoot. 1918. (written under the pseudonym of Douglas Valentine)
- The Secret Hand. 1918. (also known as Okewood of the Secret Service)
- The Return of Clubfoot. 1922.
- Yellow Streak. 1922.
- The Orange Divan. 1923.
- Clubfoot the Avenger. 1924.
- The Three of Clubs. 1924.
- The Red Mass. 1925.
- Mr Ramosi. 1926.
- The Pigeon House. 1926. (also known as The Key Man)
- The Eye in Attendance. 1927.
- The Crouching Beast. 1928.
- Mannequin. 1930. (also known as The Mysterious Miss Morisot)
- The Knife Behind the Curtain. 1930.
- Death Answers the Bell. 1931.
- The Gold Comfit Box. 1932. (also known as The Mystery of the Gold Box)
- The Clock Ticks On. 1933.
- Fog. 1933. (with Dorothy Rice Sims)
- The Portcullis Room. 1934.
- Masks Off at Midnight. 1934.
- The Clue of the Rising Moon. 1935.
- Dead Man Manor. 1936.
- The Spider's Touch. 1936.
- Mr Treadgold Cuts In. 1937. (also known as The Curiosity of Mr Treadgold)
- World of Action. Houghton Mifflin. 1938. (autobiography)
- The Fox Prowls. 1939.
- Double Death. 1939.
- Courier to Marrakech. 1944.
- Skeleton out of the Cupboard. 1946.
References
Citations
- Vogeler (2008), p. 35 sfnp error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFVogeler2008 (help)
- ^ West (2009), pp. 580–581
- Wyatt & Manning (2011), p. 457
- Farish (2001), p. 280
- Nicolson (2013), p. 15 April sfnp error: no target: CITEREFNicolson2013 (help)
Bibliography
- Farish, Matthew (2001), "Modern Witnesses: Foreign Correspondents, Geopolitical Vision, and the First World War", Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, New, 26 (3), The Royal Geographical Society: 273–287, JSTOR 3650646 (subscription required)
- {{citation |title=Peacemaking, 1919 |first=Harold |last=Nicolson |authorlink=Harold Nicolson |publisher=Faber & Faber |year=2013 |origyear=1943 |isbn=9780571309245 |url=
- Vogeler, Martha S. (2008), Austin Harrison and the English Review, University of Missouri Press, ISBN 9780826266682
- West, Nigel (2009), The A to Z of British Intelligence, Scarecrow Press, ISBN 9780810870284
- Wyatt, Clarence R.; Manning, Martin J., eds. (2011), Encyclopedia of Media and Propaganda in Wartime America, vol. 2, ABC-CLIO, ISBN 9781598842272