(1877-1950) UK popular novelist, best known for the non-fantastic Sorrel and Son (1925); the first of his many books, Uther & Igraine (1903), was an Arthurian fantasy, as were The Man on the White Horse (1934) and The Sword and the Cross (1957). The Man Who Went Back (1940) is a Timeslip epic – J W Dunne's time theories are specifically referred to – whose protagonist travels back to Britain facing Invasion from the Romans, where he learns how better to cope, on his return, with World War Two; I Live Again (1942) conveys a similar theme of martial redemption, though in this case the hero experiences Reincarnation and engages heroically in the Blitz. [JC]

Warwick George Deeping

born Southend-on-Sea, Essex: 28 May 1877

died Weybridge, Surrey: 20 April 1950

works

• Uther & Igraine (London: Grant Richards, 1903) [hb/]
• The Man on the White Horse (London: Cassell, 1934) [hb/]
• The Man Who Went Back (London: Cassell, 1940) [hb/Rowland Hilder]
• I Live Again (London: Cassell, 1942) [hb/]
• The Sword and the Cross (London: Cassell, 1957) [hb/]

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