His 1921 mystery novel The Mardi Gras Mystery boasts a complex plot in which the exploits of a jewel thief, the “Midnight Masquer,” turn out to be a decoy for the deeper espionage of protagonist Henry Gramont into oil property. Notable among them are 1915’s Gentleman Solomon and The Seal of Solomon.Ī survey of Bedford-Jones’ works in several genres gives an indication of his productivity and versatility. These books are lost-world fantasies, according to the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, and comprise ten titles. Bedford-Jones published these in magazines (such as Argosy) under his own name, then in book form under the pseudonym Allan Hawkwood. Some of Bedford-Jones' works, as was customary at the time, were published in serial form in magazines and later bound between covers.Ī major series of books that helped established Bedford-Jones’s professional career was a sequence of adventure novels that featured the protagonist John Solomon.
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