William Gillette

Held by the Enemy. a Novel of Love and War. [by H. Ll. Williams.] Founded by Special Permission on the Popular Play by W. G. William Gillette

Publisher Marketing: Title: Held by the Enemy. A novel of love and war. [By H. Ll. Williams.] Founded by special permission on the popular play by W. G. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Gillette, William; 1889.]. 63 p.; 8 . 12621.h.9.(3.) Contributor Bio:  Gillette, William William Hooker Gillette (1853 - 1937) was an American actor, playwright and stage-manager of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. He is best remembered today as the personification of Sherlock Holmes on stage and helped to create the modern image of the detective with the deerstalker cap and curved pipe that became synonymous with the character. He performed the role of Holmes on stage over 1,300 times, in a silent motion picture based on his Sherlock Holmes play, and twice on radio.