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Author Description Major Alfred Edward Woodley Mason (7 May 1865 Dulwich, London - 22 November 1948 London) was a British author and politician. He is best remembered for his 1902 novel The Four Feathers.<br /><br />He studied at Dulwich College and graduated from Trinity College, Oxford in 1888. He was a contemporary of fellow Liberal Anthony Hope, who went on to write the adventure novel <i>The Prisoner of Zenda</i>.<br /><br />His first novel, <i>A Romance of Wastdale</i>, was published in 1895. He was the author of more than 20 books, including <i>At The Villa Rose</i> (1910), a mystery novel in which he introduced his French detective, Inspector Hanaud. His best-known book is <i>The Four Feathers</i>, which has been made into several films. Many consider it his masterpiece. Other books are <i>The House of the Arrow</i> (1924), <i>No Other Tiger</i> (1927), <i>The Prisoner in the Opal</i> (1929) and <i>Fire Over England</i> (1937).

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