The Curse of the Catafalques

F. Anstey, the pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie (1856-1934), was an English novelist and journalist, renowned for his contribution to the genre of fantasy and humor. He was born in Kensington, London and educated at King's College London, and later at Trinity College, Cambridge, where his literary talents began to surface. Anstey's foray into literature was marked by the publication of his first...