Auteur: Henry William Herbert

Henry William Herbert (1807-1858), pen name Frank Forester, was an English novelist, poet, historian, illustrator, journalist and writer on sport. Herbert was a man of varied accomplishments, translating many of the novels of Eugène Sue and Alexandre Dumas into English. He is listed as a contributor to the first edition of The New American Cyclopedia. In 1834 Herbert published his first novel, The Brothers: a Tale of the Fronde, which was followed by a number of others. Herbert also wrote a series of historical studies and contributed to one of the early sporting magazines in the United States, the Spirit of the Times.