The Royal Road : Being The Story Of The Life, Death, And Resurrection Of Edward Hankey Of London

Alfred Ollivant (1874-1927) was an English novelist known best for his novel Owd Bob. Ollivant also published about a dozen other novels ranging from small-scale cautionary tales to grand historical stories. Alfred Ollivant was born in Nuthurst, Sussex, in 1874 and became an author after a horse-riding injury ended his brief military career. Owd Bob, his first novel, was published in 1898. Set in rural Cumbria, in northern England, the novel concerns a suspected sheepkilling collie, Bob. Even though most of the book's dialogue is written in the Cumbrian dialect, it became popular in the United States. Ollivant published a sequel, Danny, in 1902. He was also a short story contributor to the magazines The Atlantic Monthly and the Boston Evening Transcript. Alfred Ollivant died in London on 19 January 1927.

• • Author: Alfred Ollivant
• • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• • Publication Date: Oct 13, 2017
• • Number of Pages: 142 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 1978240864
• • ISBN-13: 9781978240865