Tomlinson grew up in the East End of London and developed a love of the sea. He became a journalist and traveled extensively. His first book, The Sea and the Jungle (1912), was based on his travels in the Amazon. During the First World War, he served as a war correspondent for the London Daily News and developed an aversion to war which was subsequently reflected in many of his novels. A natural and flowing writer, his prose is polished and reminiscent of others such as Emerson. His many works include Old Junk (1918), London River (1921), Waiting for Daylight (1922), Under the Red Ensign (1926), Gallions Reach (1927), All Our Yesterdays (1930), The Snows of Helicon (1933), Pipe All Hands (1937), The Turn of the Tide (1945), Morning Light (1946), Malay Waters (1950), The Haunted Forest (1951) and The Trumpet Shall Sound (1957). |
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