Alfred Edward Woodley Mason was an English author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel of courage and cowardice in wartime, The Four Feathers and is also known as the creator of Inspector Hanaud, a French detective who was an early template for Agatha Christie's famous Hercule Poirot.
This collection includes the following:
Clementina
The Summons
The Four Feathers
The Affair at the Semiramis Hotel
The Four Corners of the World
The Courtship of Morrice Buckler
Green Stockings
Miranda of the Balcony
Parson Kelly
The Truants
The Turnstile
The Watchers
Lawrence Clavering
A Romance of Wastdale
At the Villa Rose
The Winding Stair
The Broken Road
Ensign Knightley and Other Stories
Running Water
The Philanderers
