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'''Thomas Bertram Costain''' ([[May 8]], [[1885]] - [[October 8]], [[1965]]) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[journalist]] who became a best-selling author of [[historical novel]]s at the age of 57. |
'''Thomas Bertram Costain''' ([[May 8]], [[1885]] - [[October 8]], [[1965]]) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[journalist]] who became a best-selling author of [[historical novel]]s at the age of 57. |
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== Biography == |
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== Early life and education == |
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Costain was born in [[Brantford, Ontario]], Canada, and married Ida Randolph Spragge. The couple had two children. He was a staff writer for Toronto-based Maclean's Magazine and contributed to major magazines in the U.S. His work is a mixture of commercial history (such as The White and The Gold, a history of New France to around 1720), and fiction that relies heavily on real historic events. He died in 1965 in |
Costain was born in [[Brantford, Ontario]], Canada, and married Ida Randolph Spragge. The couple had two children. He was a staff writer for Toronto-based Maclean's Magazine and contributed to major magazines in the U.S. His work is a mixture of commercial history (such as The White and The Gold, a history of New France to around 1720), and fiction that relies heavily on real historic events. He died in 1965 in |
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[[New York City, New York]] of a heart attack |
[[New York City, New York]] of a heart attack |
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==Novels== |
==Novels== |
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* ''For My Great Folly'' (1942) |
* ''For My Great Folly'' (1942) |
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Revision as of 00:12, 18 February 2007
Thomas Bertram Costain (May 8, 1885 - October 8, 1965) was a Canadian journalist who became a best-selling author of historical novels at the age of 57.
Biography
Costain was born in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and married Ida Randolph Spragge. The couple had two children. He was a staff writer for Toronto-based Maclean's Magazine and contributed to major magazines in the U.S. His work is a mixture of commercial history (such as The White and The Gold, a history of New France to around 1720), and fiction that relies heavily on real historic events. He died in 1965 in New York City, New York of a heart attack
Novels
- For My Great Folly (1942)
- Joshua: Leader of a United People - A Realistic Biography (1943) - with Rogers MacVeagh
- Ride With Me (1944)
- The Black Rose (1945)
- The Moneyman (1947)
- High Towers (1949)
- Son of a Hundred Kings (1950)
- The Silver Chalice (1952)
- The Tontine (1955)
- Below the Salt (1957)
- The Darkness And The Dawn (1959)
- The Last Love (1963)
Non-fiction
- The White and the Gold (1954)
- The Chord of Steel: The Story of the Invention of the Telephone (1960)
- William the Conqueror a Landmark book (1963)
- The Plantagenets series (also known as The Pageant of England)
- The Conquering Family (1949)
- The Magnificent Century (1951)
- The Three Edwards (1958)
- The Last Plantagenets (1962)
Other Works
- Stories to Remember (1956) a selection of novels and short stories chosen by Costain and John Beecroft. First of 3 collections.
- More Stories to Remember (1958) with John Beecroft
- Thirty Stories (1961) with John Beecroft
Films from his novels
- The Black Rose (1950) starring Tyrone Power
- Son of a Hundred Kings (1950) CBC mini-series
- The Silver Chalice (1954) starring Paul Newman in his film debut
- The Chord of Steel (1960) CBC mini-series