The Mountebank

William John Locke was a notable British novelist and playwright, born on March 20, 1863, in Demerara, British Guiana, where his father served as a postmaster-general. He moved to Trinidad with his family before being sent to England for his education. Locke graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and later held a position as a teacher of English at the College St. Barbe in France. His t...