Bramah was a reclusive soul, who shared few details of his private life with his reading public. His full name was Ernest Bramah Smith. It is known that he dropped out of Manchester Grammar School at the age of 16, after displaying poor aptitude as a student and thereafter went into farming, and began writing vignettes for the local newspaper. Bramah's father was a wealthy man who rose from factory hand to a very wealthy man in a short time, and who supported his son in his various career attempts.
Bramah went to Fleet Street after the farming failure and became a secretary to Jerome K. Jerome, rising to a position as editor of one of Jerome's magazines. At some point, he appears to have married Mattie.
Series
Kai Lung
1. The Wallet of Kai Lung (1900)
2. Kai Lung's Golden Hours (1922)
3. Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat (1928)
4. The Return of Kai Lung (1932)
aka Moon of Much Gladness
5. Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree (1949)
6. Kai Lung: Six (1974)
The Kai Lung Omnibus (omnibus) (1936)
1. The Wallet of Kai Lung (1900)
2. Kai Lung's Golden Hours (1922)
3. Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat (1928)
4. The Return of Kai Lung (1932)
aka Moon of Much Gladness
5. Kai Lung Beneath the Mulberry Tree (1949)
6. Kai Lung: Six (1974)
The Kai Lung Omnibus (omnibus) (1936)
Max Carrados
Max Carrados (1914)
The Eyes of Max Carrados (1923)
Max Carrados Mysteries (1927)
The Bravo Of London (1934)
Best Max Carrados Detective Stories (1972)
Max Carrados (1914)
The Eyes of Max Carrados (1923)
Max Carrados Mysteries (1927)
The Bravo Of London (1934)
Best Max Carrados Detective Stories (1972)
Anthologies containing stories by Ernest Bramah
Fifty Enthralling Stories of the Mysterious East
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1st Series (1928)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 2nd Series (1931)
The Mystery Book (1934)
The Great Book of Humour (1935)
Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1983)
Stories of Crime and Detection (1983)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 1st Series (1928)
Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror 2nd Series (1931)
The Mystery Book (1934)
The Great Book of Humour (1935)
Fifty Famous Detectives of Fiction (1983)
Stories of Crime and Detection (1983)
Short stories
The Curious Circumstnces of the Two Left Shoes | |||
The Game Played in the Dark | |||
Kin Yen, the Picture-Maker | |||
The Probation of Sen Heng | |||
The Secret of Headlam Height | |||
The Tragedy at Brookbend Cottage | |||
The Ghost at Massingham Mansions (1923) | |||
Who Killed Charlie Winpole? (1923) |
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