Flames

By Robert Smythe Hichens

Book Overview

Robert Hichens was an English journalist, novelist, music lyricist, short story writer, music critic and collaborated on successful plays. He is best remembered as a satirist of the "Naughty Nineties". Hichens was born in Speldhurst in Kent, the eldest son of a clergyman. He was educated at Clifton College, the Royal College of Music and early on had a desire to be a musician. Later in life he would be a music critic on the World, taking the place of George Bernard Shaw. He studied at the London School of Journalism. Hichens was a great traveller. Egypt was one of his favourite destinations - he first went there in the early 1890s for his health. For most of his later life he lived outside England, in Switzerland and the Riviera. He never married.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1530708168
• ISBN13: 9781530708161
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 558 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"