Hillgarth, Alan
Entry updated 28 October 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1899-1978) UK soldier, intelligence officer – rising in that capacity to Chief of British Naval Intelligence, Eastern Theatre – and author, whose fifth novel, The Black Mountain (1933), is a Near Future tale of revolution and politics in Bolivia, with a Lost Race element conveyed through the charismatic young protagonist's mysterious teacher, perhaps a Secret Master representing the long-hidden line of true Indian civilization in South America. The Black Mountain seems to have derived in part from Hillgarth's experiences with the Sacambaya Exploration Company, whose expedition to Bolivia to heist buried treasure turned out to be a scam. [JC]
Captain Alan Hugh Hillgarth
born London: 7 June 1899
died Ballinderry, Tipperary, Ireland: 28 February 1978
works
- The Black Mountain (London: Nicholson and Watson, 1933) [hb/Nina Miller Davidson]
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