The royal road; being the story of the life, death, and resurrection of Edward Hankey of London. By: Alfred Ollivant (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781978240865)

Alfred Ollivant (1874-1927) was an English novelist known best for his novel Owd Bob. Ollivant also published about a dozen other novels ranging from small-scale cautionary tales to grand historical stories. Alfred Ollivant was born in Nuthurst, Sussex, in 1874 and became an author after a horse-riding injury ended his brief military career. Owd Bob, his first novel, was published in 1898. Set in rural Cumbria, in northern England, the novel concerns a suspected sheepkilling collie, Bob. Even though most of the book's dialogue is written in the Cumbrian dialect, it became popular in the United States. Ollivant published a sequel, Danny, in 1902. He was also a short story contributor to the magazines The Atlantic Monthly and the Boston Evening Transcript. Alfred Ollivant died in London on 19 January 1927.

Author: Alfred Ollivant
ISBN-10: 1978240864
ISBN-13: 9781978240865
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 10/13/2017
Pages: 142
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.00w x 0.30d