Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (1884–1941) was a prolific English novelist, a contemporary of such literary giants as Virginia Woolf and James Joyce. Born in New Zealand to English parents, his family returned to England when Walpole was a young child. He was educated at King's College, Cambridge. His literary career was both popular and enduring, beginning with his first novel, 'The Wooden Horse', in 1...