Lord Dunsany has written at least 58 books. Their most popular book is The King of Elfland's Daughter with 75 saves with an average rating of 3.57⭐.
They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Classics, and Science fiction.
Adventurous, reflective, and lighthearted are their most common moods.
Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett was born in Ireland, the first son of John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany and Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor Ernle-Erle-Drax. He spent his childhood at several family properties, including Dunstall Priory in Shoreham, Kent, Dunsany Castle in County Meath, as wells as other family homes such as in London. His schooling was at Cheam, Eton and finally Sandhurst, which he entered in 1896. He became the 18th Baron of Dunsany when his father died in 1899, and he returned to Dunsany Castle in 1901 after war duty. He married Lady Beatrice Child Villiers in 1904. Their child, Randal, was born in 1906.
Edward Plunkett was a writer and dramatist, notable for his work, mostly in fantasy, which he published under the name Lord Dunsany. More than eighty books of his work were published, and his oeuvre includes many hundreds of published short stories, as well as successful plays, novels and essays.
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Jorkens is a 1-book series first released in 1931 with contributions by Lord Dunsany.
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The Ghost Book is a 1-book series first released in 1952 with contributions by Elizabeth Bowen, V.S. Pritchett, and 17 others.
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Illustrated) (Delphi Series Eight is a 0-book series with contributions by Lord Dunsany and Marie Corelli.
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Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu books is a 15-book series first released in 1976 with contributions by Robert Bloch, Robert E. Howard, and 50 others.
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The Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1966 .
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Breccia Negro is a 1-book series first released in 1978 with contributions by Alberto Breccia, Héctor Germán Oesterheld, and Carlos Trillo.