After leading a roguish life as con artist and ivory poacher in British
Africa and thence spending time in jail, he emigrated to the United
States in 1909. His writing was admired for its exotic locales and
quest themes; he was influenced by
Rudyard Kipling. He belonged to the
Theosophical Society, which lent some of the fantastic and occult
images used in his fiction. He is best known for his "Tros of
Samothrace" books set in Britain, Gaul, and the Mediterranean area
before the Christian era.
