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| Keywords: George Payne Rainsford James - Brady-Handy.jpg G P R James Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 02781 CALL NUMBER LC-BH82- 5231 B <P P>P P between 1855 1865 Creator Mathew Brady PD LOC-image cwpbh 02781 George Payne Rainsford James August 9 1799 - June 9 1860 novelist and historical writer son of a physician in London was for many years British Consul at various places in the United States and on the Continent At an early age he began to write romances and continued his production with such industry that his works reach to 100 volumes This excessive rapidity was fatal to his permanent reputation; but his books had considerable immediate popularity Among them are Richelieu 1829 Philip Augustus 1831 The Man at Arms 1840 The Huguenot 1838 The Robber Henry of Guise 1839 Agincourt 1844 The King's Highway 1840 In addition to his novels he wrote Memoirs of Great Commanders a Life of the Black Prince and other historical and biographical works He held the honorary office of Historiographer Royal This summary was created using Commons SumItUp PD-old-100 Photographs by Mathew Brady James George Payne Rainsford Black and white photographic portraits of men James George Payne Rainsford George Payne Rainsford James | ||||
