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# The Walpole Chronicles

Celebrating The Life & Works Of The Prolific Author Hugh Walpole

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- [Where Did Hugh Walpole Live? A Guide To His Domestic Dwellings & Literary Lodgings.](https://hughwalpole.com/where-did-hugh-walpole-live-a-guide-to-his-domestic-dwellings-literary-lodgings/) - For the latter part of his life, Hugh Walpole lived in Brackenburn, a country house on the shores of Derwentwater in The Lake District and held a flat in Piccadilly as his London base. During his childhood and through his rise to fame however, he lived in quite a few places. His early days saw
- [The Wooden Horse](https://hughwalpole.com/the-wooden-horse/) - Walpole’s first novel (1909), The Wooden Horse is the story of the Trojans, a family which accepted tranquilly the belief that they were the people for whom the world was created.
- [Reading: An Essay - A Celebration of the Joy of Reading](https://hughwalpole.com/reading-an-essay/) - In 1926, Hugh Walpole published Reading: An Essay to share his deep love for books and to champion the intrinsic joys of reading. Written with warmth and eloquence, this essay isn’t just about books—it’s about the profound, almost magical role they play in our lives.
- [The Herries Chronicles: Rogue July Reading At 'Roy Reads Anything'](https://hughwalpole.com/the-herries-chronicles-rogue-july-reading-at-roy-reads-anything/) - It was lovely to hear recently on Facebook that an online reading group is embarking on a 'Rogue July' reading of Rogue Herries (and for the adventurous and dedicated reader, the subsequent follow on novels in the Herries Chronicles series of books!)
- [A Visit To Brackenburn House & Gardens](https://hughwalpole.com/a-very-special-visit-to-brackenburn-house-gardens/) - Recently I’ve taken some time out now I live in Cumbria to make pilgrimages to the key places where Hugh Walpole spent his time in the county. The most important and special place of course is Brackenburn, Hugh’s ‘little piece of heaven on Catbells’ – the place he called home where he lived and wrote
- [A visit to Sowermyrr, a peaceful little Gosforth Farm](https://hughwalpole.com/a-visit-to-sowermyrr-a-peaceful-little-gosforth-farm/) - It’s been a sunny start to June in Cumbria and what better reason to get out and about and explore the beautiful countryside that inspired Hugh Walpole. One of my destinations this week was Sowemyrr farm (misspelt in Hugh’s autobiographical work ‘The Apple Trees’ as ‘Sower Myre’), a beautiful little place hidden down a windy
- [My Religion](https://hughwalpole.com/my-religion/) - In 1926 the London Daily Express commissioned and published a collection of sixteen essays on religion by well-known people (mostly authors) including Hugh Walpole. Listen to Hugh's thoughts on his spiritual life in this audiobook reading of his full essay.
- [My Religious Experience](https://hughwalpole.com/my-religious-experience/) - Hugh Walpole contributed to a series of short booklets published in 1928, edited by Dr. Percy Dearmer, of King's College, London, in which Hugh Walpole writes a deeply intimate autobiographical insight into his his thoughts and feelings towards spirituality and how his faith was formed.
- [Billy's Christmas Eve - By Hugh Walpole](https://hughwalpole.com/billys-christmas-eve-by-hugh-walpole/) - Once again the end of the year is nearly upon us and the festive season is just around the corner. What better way to celebrate than to delve into the bookshelf and pull out another Christmas tale from the Hugh Walpole library.
- [Hugh Walpole: Selected Short Stories](https://hughwalpole.com/hugh-walpole-selected-short-stories/) - Eleven short stories from The Windsor Magazine in the 1920s, Best British Short Stories of 1922, and Best British Short Stories of 1923.
- [The Captives](https://hughwalpole.com/the-captives/) - A story of young woman's alienation from the society which holds one captive, whose life is suddenly disrupted, by a stumbling progression through constrained social cliques and frustrated romantic attachments, haunted by religious shadows.
- [Jeremy At Crale](https://hughwalpole.com/jeremy-at-crale/) - This 1927 work is the third and final in Walpole’s Jeremy series. Jeremy’s home is in Polchester, a fictional English cathedral town in Walpole’s imagination. In this book Jeremy goes to boarding school.
- ['The Tarn' - A Creepy Tale From Hugh Walpole For Halloween](https://hughwalpole.com/the-tarn-a-creepy-tale-from-hugh-walpole-for-halloween/) - Since it’s nearly Halloween what better time to celebrate the darker side of Hugh Walpole’s writing. Reading some of the many macabre books and short stories he wrote, you’d be taken to thinking that perhaps at times Hugh might have been bordering on being a crazed psychopath, he could certainly send a chill up your
- [The Green Mirror](https://hughwalpole.com/the-green-mirror/) - Three generations of the Trenchard family live together in comfortable domesticity until Katherine, the favourite daughter, meets and falls in love with Philip, back from some years in Russia, and the whole stability of the family is threatened.
- [The Gods And Mr Perrin](https://hughwalpole.com/the-gods-and-mr-perrin/) - Perrin and Traill are masters at a grim old-fashioned second-rate boarding public school in Cornwall – Perrin has been there many years and the youthful Traill has just arrived. Antagonism grows between the two turns into active dislike following an unfortunate incident which eventually has devastating consequences.
- [The Duchess Of Wrexe](https://hughwalpole.com/the-duchess-of-wrexe/) - Rachel, a spirited young girl, has to choose between Francis Breton, her difficult cousin who has been disowned by the family, and Roddy Seddon, a conventional and rather boring but wealthy young man.
- [Harmer John](https://hughwalpole.com/harmer-john/) - Hjalmar Johanson is a boyish unworldly Swedish body builder who comes to Walpole’s fictional cathedral town of Polchester. He has a vision of transforming the town and its populace to a healthier and more beautiful state.
- ['The Little Ghost' - Another Tale Of The Supernatural From Hugh Walpole For Halloween](https://hughwalpole.com/the-little-ghost-another-tale-of-the-supernatural-from-hugh-walpole-for-halloween/) - The supernatural story of how a man's grief for the recent loss of his friend turns into companionship reaching out from the other side.
- [Portrait Of A Man With Red Hair](https://hughwalpole.com/portrait-of-a-man-with-red-hair/) - Portrait Of A Man With Red Hair is a romantic macabre, a thriller of a melodrama written in 1925 and dedicated to his good friends Ethel and Arthur Fowler with whom he stayed with on many occasions whilst he was on his literary tours of America.
- [The Cathedral](https://hughwalpole.com/the-cathedral/) - The story of an arrogant 19th-century archdeacon in conflict with other clergy and laity was certain to bring comparisons with Trollope's Barchester Towers (The Manchester Guardian 's review was headed "Polchester Towers"), but unlike the earlier work, The Cathedral is wholly uncomic....
- [The Golden Scarecrow](https://hughwalpole.com/the-golden-scarecrow/) - The Golden Scarecrow, in nine chapters, presents nine stories of nine children, united by location, more or less. A tenth story of a tenth life, divided into Prologue and Epilogue, provides a different sort of unity.
- [Jeremy](https://hughwalpole.com/jeremy/) - The story of Jeremy and his two sisters, Helen and Mary Cole, who grow up in Polchester, a quiet English Cathedral town. There is the Jampot, who is the nurse ; Hamlet, the stray dog ; Uncle Samuel, who paints pictures and is altogether 'queer’; of course, Mr. and Mrs. Cole, and Aunt Amy.
- [The Thirteen Travellers](https://hughwalpole.com/the-thirteen-travellers/) - The year is 1919 and peace has sprung upon the world after the unspeakable carnage of World War I. Listen to the full audiobook.
- [The Secret City](https://hughwalpole.com/the-secret-city/) - Written in the first person, The Secret City is a novel in three parts of a journey through post World War I Russia and the Revolution, during a period of Civil War and economic collapse. Listen to the audiobook
- [The Prelude To Adventure](https://hughwalpole.com/the-prelude-to-adventure/) - Olva Dune is a Cambridge undergraduate who commits a murder and at that moment feels the presence of God. In a tour de force Walpole novelizes the Francis Thompson poem The Hound of Heaven, about a fearful soul pursued by an insistently loving God.
- [The Old Ladies](https://hughwalpole.com/the-old-ladies/) - The Old Ladies (1924) is a study of a timid elderly spinster exploited and eventually frightened to death by a predatory widow.
- [Joseph Conrad](https://hughwalpole.com/joseph-conrad/) - Written by Hugh Walpole, this is the literary biography of Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) who is regarded as one of the greatest novelists in English literary history.
- [Jeremy & Hamlet](https://hughwalpole.com/jeremy-hamlet/) - Hamlet is Jeremy’s dog. This 1923 book is Hugh Walpole’s second volume in his Jeremy semi-autobiographical trilogy (Jeremy and Jeremy at Crale being the others) about a 10 year old boy. It's the story of Jeremy and his two sisters, Helen and Mary Cole, who grow up in Polchester, a quiet English Cathedral town.
- [The Walpole Chronicles Featured On Countrystride Podcast](https://hughwalpole.com/the-walpole-chronicles-featured-on-countrystride-podcast/) - I recently had the great pleasure to be interviewed on the Countrystride podcast about Hugh Walpole’s life and works, especially about Hugh’s time spent living in the Lake District. The Countrystride Podcast celebrates the landscapes, culture, heritage and people of Cumbria and the Lake District through a unique blend of immersive field recordings, inspiring commentary
- [The Enigma Of Hugh Walpole's Model Ship](https://hughwalpole.com/the-enigma-of-hugh-walpoles-model-ship/) - Hugh Walpole owned a large model ship that took pride of place in his writing room at Brackenburn. Where did it come from and how did it end up in a church in Fife?
- [The Princess Elizabeth Gift Book 1936: Hugh Walpole's Contribution](https://hughwalpole.com/the-princess-elizabeth-gift-book-1936-hugh-walpoles-contribution/) - With the sad passing of Queen Elizabeth II this week I looked through my Hugh Walpole collection to see how I could prepare an appropriate article of tribute.
- [The Walpole Chronicles Moves To Cumbria](https://hughwalpole.com/the-walpole-chronicles-moves-to-cumbria/) - We've got some very exciting news to share on The Walpole Chronicles blog today. We've moved to Hugh's beloved county of Cumbria!
- [The World Of Hugh Walpole, Featured On The Dark Fantastic Podcast](https://hughwalpole.com/the-world-of-hugh-walpole-featured-on-the-dark-fantastic-podcast/) - Last week I had the immense pleasure to talk to Ahmed Khalifa. the host of the excellent Dark Fantastic Podcast, about Hugh Walpole’s life and work, and the work I’m doing on HughWalpole.Com to raise awareness of Walpole’s work. You can hear the podcast below, and check out A.K.’s own blog too for movie and
- [What Is Freedom? An Article By Hugh Walpole.](https://hughwalpole.com/what-is-freedom-an-article-by-hugh-walpole/) - In April 1940, in the midst of the second world war, Hugh Walpole wrote an observatory article of the time in “This Week” magazine. It was an article to encourage the public to remember that whilst the chaos and horrors of war around them may be all they could see, every individual may draw hope
- [The Story Of Hugh Walpole's First Published Book - In His Own Words](https://hughwalpole.com/hugh-walpoles-first-published-book-in-his-own-words/) - I recently had the great fortune to acquire an article first printed in 1930 in ‘The Colophon” a limited edition quarterly for book lovers, , in which Hugh Walpole gives the back story on how he managed to secure his first publication. What an excitement it must have been for Hugh, who from a young
- [Hugh Walpole Rarities - The Story Of Some Fortuitous Finds](https://hughwalpole.com/hugh-walpole-rarities-the-story-of-some-fortuitous-finds/) - As an avid collector of Hugh Walpole books and ephemera it’s always exciting when a once in a lifetime opportunity comes along to acquire personal items owned by the man himself and those closest to him. One of those rare opportunities presented itself last year, and I’ve been meaning to write up the story in
- [Hugh Walpole, An Interview. Strand Magazine April 1924](https://hughwalpole.com/hugh-walpole-an-interview-strand-magazine-april-1924/) - In early 1924 Hugh Walpole was living in London at 24 York Terrace, overlooking Regents Park. By this time he had become the successful author he had always dreamt of being, having at that time both the fame and the wealth that went with it. Around the same time he had discovered and purchased a
- [Hugh Walpole's Stories Brought To Life On Stage](https://hughwalpole.com/hugh-walpole-stories-brought-to-life-on-stage/) - Whilst Hugh Walpole was a prolific novelist, he also wrote a number of theatrical plays, playwrights adapted his novels for the stage and he played a part in the stage works of other authors too. In this article I’ll cover as extensively as I can the theatrical works of Hugh Walpole. 1912: Robin’s Father If
- [From Conception To Publication: The Story Behind Hugh Walpole's Herries Chronicles.](https://hughwalpole.com/from-conception-to-publication-the-story-behind-hugh-walpoles-herries-chronicles/) - One of the fascinations of researching and collecting Hugh Walpole’s works is the insights you can get into how the characters and stories of his novels were formed. Many of these insights arise in magazine articles, forewards of other books, ephemera and various books of essays and interviews. This week I managed to track down
- [Hugh Walpole Celebrates 'Wonderful West Cumberland'](https://hughwalpole.com/hugh-walpole-celebrates-wonderful-west-cumberland/) - Apart from collecting Hugh Walpole’s books, I’ve also taken to tracking down the many magazines that Hugh contributed to – and there were many of those both in the UK and America. In 1936 Whitehaven News Limited published a magazine called ‘Wonderful West Cumberland, The glories of its Mountains, Lakes & Sea’ and as one
- [Hugh's Visit To The Chartres Cathedral](https://hughwalpole.com/hughs-visit-to-chartres-cathedral/) - At the beginning of April 1912 Hugh spent a fortnight with Percy Anderson in the South of France, then drove over to Cannes to visit his friends Arnold Bennett and playwright Edward Knoblock. Knoblock and his sister Gertrude were staying with Bennett for ten days most of which Knoblock spent in bed suffering from previously
- [My Introduction To Hugh Walpole](https://hughwalpole.com/tis-not-life-that-matters-but-the-courage-you-bring-to-it/) - I first discovered the work of Hugh Walpole in an Oxfam charity shop in Temple Fortune, North London back in November 2011. I distinctly remember perusing the shelves for any interesting new finds for my online antique book store when I came across an intriguingly titled 1933 copy of “Fortitude”. As I opened the contents
- [A Hugh Walpole Literary Christmas](https://hughwalpole.com/a-hugh-walpole-literary-christmas/) - Upon the evening of Christmas Eve, when the earth was snow-lit, and the street-lamps sparkled with crystals, and the rime on the doorsteps crackled beneath one’s feet, Jeremy accompanied his mother on a present-leaving expedition. The excitement of that! The wonderful shapes and sizes of the parcels, the mysterious streets, the door-handles and the door-bells,
- [Hugh Is A Guest At The Society Of Old Friends](https://hughwalpole.com/hugh-is-a-guest-at-the-society-of-old-friends/) - The Society of Old Friends is a society formed at the turn of the 20th Century comprising of a small group of booksellers and publishers and later stationers. They called themselves “The Odd Lots”. The society still exists today. In 1938 the Society of Old Friends held their 29th Annual Dinner at the Monico Restaurant
- [Hugh Walpole And The Piccadilly Circus](https://hughwalpole.com/hugh-walpole-and-the-piccadilly-circus/) - Whilst Hugh Walpole is best known for his championing of the Cumbrian countryside through the Herries Chronicles series, his time as a writer also saw him spending a lot of time in London where he had a flat at 90 Piccadilly. As usual he would fill it to the brim with his ongoing treasure trove
- [The Discovery Of Hugh Walpole's Rabbits](https://hughwalpole.com/the-discovery-of-hugh-walpoles-rabbits/) - On my visit to the Lake District in 2019, one morning I visited the museum in Keswick, where on display was one of Hugh Walpole's Herries manuscripts. It was fascinating to see the original writing penned in the 1930s, though I was more surprised and delighted to discover a small drawing of a rabbit in

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- [About Hugh Walpole](https://hughwalpole.com/about-hugh-walpole/) - Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole, CBE (13 March 1884 – 1 June 1941) was a New Zealand-born English novelist. A prolific writer, he published thirty-six novels, five volumes of short stories, two plays and three volumes of memoirs. His skill at scene-setting, his vivid plots, his high profile as a lecturer and his driving ambition brought
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