Showell Styles was born in. His father Alfred Thomas Styles was also. Born in Four Oaks, in 1882. Known to his friends as'Pip', Showell Styles.
Childhood was spent in the hills of. Where he became an avid mountaineer and.And was posted in the. But even there he walked and climbed as much as. An aspiring writer, Styles already had articles published in. Before setting out to make his living as an author. Was a murder mystery set on.
He became a prolific writer with over. 160 books published for children as well as adults. As the Midshipman Quinn and Lieutenant Michael Fitton series set during the. Napoleonic Wars, and non-fiction works on mountains and such as. He wrote detective fiction under the pseudonym.
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