Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge where he studied medicine and science, Deeping went on to Middlesex Hospital where he completed his medical training. Being from a family of doctors, it was only natural that he pursued this career. He served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during the First World War and saw action in the Gallipoli campaign and France. After the war, he gave up medicine completely to concentrate on his writing. In 1903, he published his first book, Uther and Igraine, and by the time he entered the military in 1915, he had already published 18 others. His typical genre was that of the historical romance, although his experiences in the war were used to great effect in some of his later works. Today, Deeping is probably best remembered for his novel Sorrell and Son (1925), which was a best-seller and made into a film on three different occasions. During the 1920's and 1930's, Deeping was one of England's most popular writers. His other works include Love Among the Ruins (1904), The Red Saint (1909), Fox Farm (1911), The Shield of Love (1914), Lantern Lane (1921), Doomsday (1927), The Secret Sanctuary (1931), Seven Men Came Back (1934), I Live Again (1942), Reprieve (1945), Portrait of a Playboy (1947) and The Sword and the Cross (1957 Posthumous). |
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