About William Bury Westall
Lived 1834 – 1903 (aged 68–69). William Bury Westall was a British writer, journalist, war correspondent, foreign correspondent, translator and diplomat.
William Bury Westall (7 February 1834 – 1903) was an English novelist born in Old Accrington, Lancashire, England.
Originally a businessman, he later became a journalist who also wrote about 30 pot-boiler romantic novels with titles including The Old Factory, The Phantom City: A Volcanic Romance, Strange Crimes and Her Ladyship's Secret. Among his novels are Her Two Millions (1897) with its autobiographical element and descriptions of how a Swiss newspaper is run (Westall worked as an editor of Swiss Times); and Birch Dene (1889) which contains portraits of London and is evocative of the Industrial Revolution.
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English novelist (1834–1903)
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William Bury Westall was born on 7 February 1834 in Accrington.
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William Bury Westall died in 1903 in England.
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William Bury Westall was a writer, journalist, war correspondent, foreign correspondent, translator and diplomat.
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