Author:Henry Christopher Bailey

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Henry Christopher Bailey (1878–1961)

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English author of detective fiction and historical romances. His best remembered works are those featuring a medically qualified detective called Reggie Fortune.

Henry Christopher Bailey

Works

(Partial list)

Romantic and historic fiction

• My Lady of Orange (1901) (external scan)
• The Highwayman (1915), historical romance
• The Fool (1921) (external scan)

• Karl of Erbach (1903) (external scan)
• The Master of Gray (1903) (external scan)
• Rimingtons (1904)
• Beaujeu (1905) (external scan)
• Under Castle Walls (1906), aka Springtime
• Raoul, a Gentleman of Fortune (1907), aka A Gentleman of Fortune
• The God of Clay (1908) (external scan)
• Colonel Greatheart (1908) (external scan)
• Storm and Treasure (1910)
• The Lonely Lady (1911)
• The Suburban (1912)
• The Sea Captain (1913)
• The Gentleman Adventurer (1914)
• The Gamesters (1916)
• The Young Lovers (1917)
• The Pillar of Fire (1918)
• Barry Leroy (1919)
• His Serene Highness (1920)
• The Plot (1922)
• The Rebel (1923)
• Knight at Arms (1924)
• The Golden Fleece (1925)

Detective fiction

• Call Mr. Fortune (1920) (short stories collection)
  • The Archduke's Tea
  • The Sleeping Companion
  • The Nice Girl
  • The Efficient Assassin
  • The Hottentot Venus
  • The Business Minister
• Mr Fortune's Practice (1923) (short stories collection)
• Mr Fortune's Trials (1925) (short stories collection)

Magazine works

• "The Knight of Mayford," Windsor Magazine, Vol 15, 1901-02
• "Sir Albert's Fall," (ss) Windsor Magazine, Vol 16, 1902
• "The King's Way," (ss) Windsor Magazine, Vol 18, 1902-03
• "The Nun of Newstead," (ss) Windsor Magazine, Vol 19, 1903
• "The Devil of Marston," (ss) Windsor Magazine, Vol 20, 1904
• "The Lone Hand," (ss) Windsor Magazine, Vol 21, 1904-05
• "Sir Bertram's Tryst," (ss) Windsor Magazine, Vol 22, 1905
• "The Men in Buckram," (ss) Windsor Magazine, Vol 22, 1905
• "The Golden Whistle," (ss) The Century Magazine, June 1906
• "The Love of Money," (ss) Windsor Magazine, Vol 26, 1907
• "Black Magic" (ss) Adventure magazine, Sept 1911
• "The Magic Stone," People's Jan 1 1923 [#Reginald Fortune]
• "The Moor of Milan" (nvt) Adventure magazine, 20 Oct 1924
• "Under the Fleur-de-Lis," (ss) Adventure Magazine, Dec 20 1924

Included in "The Fool" (1921) (Chapters 1-12 of 27) historical fiction

• The Fool: Everybody's Magazine, May - Aug 1921

1. "Tale of an Empress," May 1921 [Chap. 3, 4]
2. "Tale of the King's Heir," June 1921 [Chap. 5, 6, 7]
3. "The Fool and the Queen," July 1921
4. "The Tale of a Villein," Aug 1921 [Chap. 8, 9]
5. "The Tale of a Triumph," Sept 1921 [Chap. 10, 11, 12]