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Boothby, Guy (1867 - 1905)

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Born
13 October 1867
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died
26 February 1905
Bournemouth, England

Summary

Boothby was born in Adelaide, but went to England with his mother for his early education. Returning to Adelaide at sixteen, he later became private secretary to the Mayor and began to write for the theatre. After the failure of one his plays, The Jonquille, Boothby travelled with a friend through parts of Asia and tropical Australia, writing about his experiences in On the Wallaby (1894). He returned to England the same year and became a prolific and much-admired popular novelist, producing well over forty novels in just ten years. His Dr Nikola novels were international bestsellers, offering a sensational blend of thriller and orientalist fantasy.

Published resources

Books

  • Boothby, Guy, A lost endeavour, Macmillan, London, 1895, 183 pp. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, A bid for fortune, or, Dr. Nikola's Vendetta, Ward, Lock, London, 1895?, 344 pp. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, Doctor Nikola, Ward, Lock, London, 1896?, 256 pp. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, 293 pp. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, Billy Binks - Hero and other stories, Macmillan, London, 1898, 244 pp. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, Across the world for a wife, Ward, Lock, London, 1898, 379 pp. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, The lust of hate, Ward, Lock, London, 1898, 283 pp. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, The lady of the island, J. Long, London, 1904, 267 pp. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, The Beautiful White Devil, Ward, Lock, London, 1924, 256 pp. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, Sheilah McLeod, A Heroine of the Back Blocks, Ward, Lock, London, c1899, 311 pp. Details

Short Stories

  • Boothby, Guy, 'No. 29', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 122-139. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'One of the Cloth', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 110-121. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, '"Dog" Kellarey's Luck-Penny', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 96-109. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'Promotion', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 81-95. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'David and Jonathon', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 67-80. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'With Three Phantoms', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 45-66. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'Kilvert of Ours', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 140-156. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'By Right of Conquest', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 15-30. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'His Better Half', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 204-218. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'Lady Belverton's Secret', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 1-14. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'Through Toil and Tribulation', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 31-44. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'A Private Arrangement', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 157-170. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'The New Hero and Leander', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 190-203. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'Till Death Do Us Part', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 219-236. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'The Great Dives Elopement', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 237-251. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'The Reformation of the Jackeroo', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 252-269. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'For Official Recognition', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 270-280. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'Heads and Tales at Bundilla', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 281-293. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'The Curious Story of an Aide-de-Camp', in Bushigrams, Ward, Lock, London, 1897, pp. 171-189. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'Daphne', in Billy Binks - Hero and other stories, Macmillan, London, 1898, pp. 232-244. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'Cassie Quin's Atonement', in Billy Binks - Hero and other stories, Macmillan, London, 1898, pp. 223-231. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'Story of Lee Ping', in Billy Binks - Hero and other stories, Macmillan, London, 1898, pp. 212-222. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'The Millionaire of Hornibrook Island', in Billy Binks - Hero and other stories, Macmillan, London, 1898, pp. 162-211. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'A Child of Tonking', in Billy Binks - Hero and other stories, Macmillan, London, 1898, pp. 108-161. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'The Bully of Haiphong', in Billy Binks - Hero and other stories, Macmillan, London, 1898, pp. 54-107. Details
  • Boothby, Guy, 'Billy Binks - Hero', in Billy Binks - Hero and other stories, Macmillan, London, 1898, pp. 1-53. Details

See also

Rachael Weaver

Created: 19 July 2007, Last modified: 10 June 2015