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Stanley J. Weyman

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Stanley John Weyman (pronounced, 7 August 1855 – 10 April 1928) was an English writer of historical romance. [1]

50 relations: A Gentleman of France, A. E. W. Mason, Alan Crosland, Aldous Huxley, Alexandre Dumas, Anthony Hope, Arnold Bennett, Barrister, Brief (law), Call to the bar, Cardinal Richelieu, Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy, Christ Church, Oxford, Cornhill Magazine, Day of the Dupes, Dorothy L. Sayers, Emma Orczy, Financial crisis of 2007–2008, French Wars of Religion, Graham Greene, Great Fransham, H. Rider Haggard, Hugh Stowell Scott, James Payn, John Buchan, King's School, Chester, L'Escalade, Ludlow, Maurice Elvey, Oscar Wilde, Ovington's Bank, Paddy Russell, Panic of 1825, Rafael Sabatini, Robert Louis Stevenson, Ruthin, Shrewsbury School, The Four Feathers, The Listener (magazine), The Prisoner of Zenda, The Scarlet Pimpernel, The Story of Francis Cludde, The Strand Magazine, Under the Red Robe (1915 film), Under the Red Robe (1923 film), Under the Red Robe (1937 film), Under the Red Robe (novel), Victor Sjöström, W. Somerset Maugham, Wilfred Noy.

A Gentleman of France

A Gentleman of France is a 1921 British silent adventure film based on a novel by Stanley J. Weyman directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Eille Norwood, Madge Stuart and Hugh Buckler.

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A. E. W. Mason

Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 – 22 November 1948) was an English author and politician.

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Alan Crosland

Alan Crosland (August 10, 1894 – July 16, 1936) was an American stage actor and film director.

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Aldous Huxley

Aldous Leonard Huxley (26 July 1894 – 22 November 1963) was an English writer, novelist, philosopher, and prominent member of the Huxley family.

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Alexandre Dumas

Alexandre Dumas (born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie; 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas, père ("father"), was a French writer.

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Anthony Hope

Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins, better known as Anthony Hope (9 February 1863 – 8 July 1933), was an English novelist and playwright.

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Arnold Bennett

Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English writer.

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Barrister

A barrister (also known as barrister-at-law or bar-at-law) is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdictions.

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Brief (law)

A brief (Old French from Latin "brevis", short) is a written legal document used in various legal adversarial systems that is presented to a court arguing why one party to a particular case should prevail.

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Call to the bar

The call to the bar is a legal term of art in most common law jurisdictions where persons must be qualified to be allowed to argue in court on behalf of another party and are then said to have been "called to the bar" or to have received a "call to the bar".

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Cardinal Richelieu

Cardinal Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu and Fronsac (9 September 15854 December 1642), commonly referred to as Cardinal Richelieu (Cardinal de Richelieu), was a French clergyman, nobleman, and statesman.

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Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy

Charles Emmanuel I (Carlo Emanuele di Savoia; 12 January 1562 – 26 July 1630), known as the Great, was the Duke of Savoy from 1580 to 1630.

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Christ Church, Oxford

Christ Church (Ædes Christi, the temple or house, ædēs, of Christ, and thus sometimes known as "The House") is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England.

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Cornhill Magazine

The Cornhill Magazine (1860–1975) was a Victorian magazine and literary journal named after the publisher's address at 65 Cornhill in London.

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Day of the Dupes

Day of the Dupes (in la journée des Dupes) is the name given to a day in November 1630 on which the enemies of Cardinal Richelieu mistakenly believed that they had succeeded in persuading Louis XIII, King of France to dismiss Richelieu from power.

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Dorothy L. Sayers

Dorothy Leigh Sayers (13 June 1893 – 17 December 1957) was a renowned English crime writer and poet.

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Emma Orczy

Baroness Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála "Emmuska" Orczy de Orci (23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947) was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright.

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Financial crisis of 2007–2008

The financial crisis of 2007–2008, also known as the global financial crisis and the 2008 financial crisis, is considered by many economists to have been the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.

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French Wars of Religion

The French Wars of Religion refers to a prolonged period of war and popular unrest between Roman Catholics and Huguenots (Reformed/Calvinist Protestants) in the Kingdom of France between 1562 and 1598.

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Graham Greene

Henry Graham Greene (2 October 1904 – 3 April 1991), better known by his pen name Graham Greene, was an English novelist regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.

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Great Fransham

Great Fransham is a village in Norfolk, roughly about an equal distance between Swaffham and Dereham.

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H. Rider Haggard

Sir Henry Rider Haggard, (22 June 1856 – 14 May 1925), known as H. Rider Haggard, was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a pioneer of the Lost World literary genre.

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Hugh Stowell Scott

Hugh Stowell Scott (9 May 1862 – 19 November 1903) was a prominent English novelist who used the pseudonym Henry Seton Merriman.

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James Payn

James Payn (28 February 1830 – 25 March 1898), was an English novelist.

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John Buchan

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian, and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.

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King's School, Chester

The King's School, Chester is a British co-educational independent school for children, established in 1541.

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L'Escalade

L'Escalade, or Fête de l'Escalade (from escalade, the act of scaling defensive walls), is an annual festival held in December in Geneva, Switzerland, celebrating the defeat of the surprise attack by troops sent by Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy during the night of 11–12 December 1602.

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Ludlow

Ludlow is a market town in Shropshire, England, south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford via the main A49 road, which bypasses the town.

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Maurice Elvey

Maurice Elvey (11 November 1887 – 28 August 1967) was the most prolific film director in British history.

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 185430 November 1900) was an Irish poet and playwright.

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Ovington's Bank

Ovington's Bank is a novel by the English historical novelist Stanley John Weyman, set during an 1825 banking crisis.

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Paddy Russell

Patricia "Paddy" Russell (4 July‌ 1928 – 2 November 2017) was a British television director.

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Panic of 1825

The Panic of 1825 was a stock market crash that started in the Bank of England, arising in part out of speculative investments in Latin America, including the imaginary country of Poyais.

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Rafael Sabatini

Rafael Sabatini (29 April 1875 – 13 February 1950) was an Italian-English writer of romance and adventure novels.

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Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson (13 November 1850 – 3 December 1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, musician and travel writer.

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Ruthin

Ruthin (Rhuthun) is the county town of Denbighshire in north Wales.

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Shrewsbury School

Shrewsbury School is an English co-educational independent school for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, founded by Edward VI in 1552 by Royal Charter.

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The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers is a 1902 adventure novel by British writer A. E. W. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title.

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The Listener (magazine)

The Listener was a weekly magazine established by the BBC in January 1929 which ceased publication in 1991.

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The Prisoner of Zenda

The Prisoner of Zenda (1894), by Anthony Hope, is an adventure novel in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony.

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The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905.

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The Story of Francis Cludde

The Story of Francis Cludde is a novel by British author Stanley Weyman first published in 1891.

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The Strand Magazine

The Strand Magazine was a monthly magazine founded by George Newnes, composed of short fiction and general interest articles.

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Under the Red Robe (1915 film)

Under the Red Robe is a 1915 British silent historical film directed by Wilfred Noy.

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Under the Red Robe (1923 film)

Under the Red Robe is a 1923 silent historical drama directed by Alan Crosland based upon the Stanley Weyman novel Under the Red Robe.

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Under the Red Robe (1937 film)

Under the Red Robe is a 1937 British / American film directed by Victor Sjöström.

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Under the Red Robe (novel)

Under the Red Robe is a historical novel by Stanley J. Weyman, first published in 1894.

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Victor Sjöström

Victor David Sjöström (in the United States sometimes known as Victor Seastrom; 20 September 1879 – 3 January 1960) was a pioneering Swedish film director, screenwriter, and actor.

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W. Somerset Maugham

William Somerset Maugham, CH (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965), better known as W. Somerset Maugham, was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer.

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Wilfred Noy

Wilfred Noy (born Wilfred Noy Blumberg, 24 December 1883 – 29 March 1948) was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_J._Weyman

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