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Frank Showell Styles was a Welsh writer and mountaineer.
Showell Styles was born in Four Oaks, Birmingham and was educated at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield. Known to his friends as 'Pip', Showell Styles' childhood was spent in the hills of North Wales where he became an avid mountaineer and explorer. During the Second World War, Styles joined the Royal Navy and was posted in the Mediterranean, but even there he walked and climbed as much as he could.
An aspiring writer, Styles already had articles published in Punch, before setting out to make his living as an author. His first novel, Traitors Mountain, was a murder mystery set on and around Tryfan in Wales. He became a prolific writer with over 160 books published for children as well as adults. In addition to historic naval adventure fiction such as the Midshipman Quinn and Lieutenant Michael Fitton series set during the Napoleonic Wars, and non-fiction works on mountains and such as The Mountaineers Weekend Book, he wrote detective fiction under the pseudonym of Glyn Carr, and humorous pieces as C.L. Inker.
Showell Styles was born in Four Oaks, Birmingham and was educated at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield. Known to his friends as 'Pip', Showell Styles' childhood was spent in the hills of North Wales where he became an avid mountaineer and explorer. During the Second World War, Styles joined the Royal Navy and was posted in the Mediterranean, but even there he walked and climbed as much as he could.
An aspiring writer, Styles already had articles published in Punch, before setting out to make his living as an author. His first novel, Traitors Mountain, was a murder mystery set on and around Tryfan in Wales. He became a prolific writer with over 160 books published for children as well as adults. In addition to historic naval adventure fiction such as the Midshipman Quinn and Lieutenant Michael Fitton series set during the Napoleonic Wars, and non-fiction works on mountains and such as The Mountaineers Weekend Book, he wrote detective fiction under the pseudonym of Glyn Carr, and humorous pieces as C.L. Inker.
Genres: Mystery, Historical
Series
Abercrombie Lewker (as by Glyn Carr)
Death on Milestone Buttress (1951)
Murder on the Matterhorn (1951)
The Corpse in the Crevasse (1952)
The Youth Hostel Murders (1952)
Death Under Snowdon (1954)
A Corpse At Camp Two (1955)
Murder of an Owl (1956)
The Ice Axe Murders (1958)
Swing Away, Climber (1959)
Holiday with Murder (1960)
Death Finds a Foothold (1961)
Lewker in Norway (1963)
Death of a Weirdy (1965)
Lewker in Tirol (1967)
Fat Man's Agony (1969)
Death on Milestone Buttress (1951)
Murder on the Matterhorn (1951)
The Corpse in the Crevasse (1952)
The Youth Hostel Murders (1952)
Death Under Snowdon (1954)
A Corpse At Camp Two (1955)
Murder of an Owl (1956)
The Ice Axe Murders (1958)
Swing Away, Climber (1959)
Holiday with Murder (1960)
Death Finds a Foothold (1961)
Lewker in Norway (1963)
Death of a Weirdy (1965)
Lewker in Tirol (1967)
Fat Man's Agony (1969)
Midshipman Quinn
1. Midshipman Quinn (1956)
2. Midshipman Quinn and Denise the spy (1961)
aka Midshipman Quinn Wins Through
3. Quinn of the Fury (1958)
4. Quinn at Trafalgar (1965)
1. Midshipman Quinn (1956)
2. Midshipman Quinn and Denise the spy (1961)
aka Midshipman Quinn Wins Through
3. Quinn of the Fury (1958)
4. Quinn at Trafalgar (1965)
Lieutenant Michael Fitton Adventure
Sword for Mr. Fitton (1975)
Mr. Fitton's Commission (1979)
The Baltic Convoy (1979)
A Ship for Mr. Fitton (1991)
Mr. Fitton's Prize (1993)
Mr. Fitton and the Black Legion (1994)
Mr. Fitton in Command (1995)
Lieutenant Fitton (1997)
Mr. Fitton at the Helm (1998)
The Martinique Mission (1999)
Mr. Fitton's Hurricane (2000)
Sword for Mr. Fitton (1975)
Mr. Fitton's Commission (1979)
The Baltic Convoy (1979)
A Ship for Mr. Fitton (1991)
Mr. Fitton's Prize (1993)
Mr. Fitton and the Black Legion (1994)
Mr. Fitton in Command (1995)
Lieutenant Fitton (1997)
Mr. Fitton at the Helm (1998)
The Martinique Mission (1999)
Mr. Fitton's Hurricane (2000)
Novels
Traitor's Mountain (1946)
Sir Devil (1949)
Path to Glory (1951)
Dark Hazard (1952)
Land from the Sea (1952)
Mr. Nelson's Ladies (1953)
The Frigate Captain (1954)
Introduction to Mountaineering (1954)
Mountains of the Midnight Sun (1954)
The Moated Mountain (1955)
His Was Fire (1956)
The Lost Glacier (1956)
The Sea Lord (1956)
The Admiral's Fancy (1958)
Shadow Buttress (1959)
Wolfe Commands You (1959)
The Flying Ensign (1960)
Greencoats Against Napoleon (1960)
The Battle of Steam (1961)
The Lost Pothole (1961)
The Sea Officer (1961)
The Shop in the Mountain (1961)
Byrd of the 95th (1962)
Gentleman Johnny (1962)
The Ladder of Snow (1962)
Thunder Over Spain (1962)
H.M.S. Diamond Rock (1963)
A Necklace of Glaciers (1963)
The Camp in the Hills (1964)
Greenhorn's Cruise (1964)
Blue Remembered Hills (1965)
Mr Fiddle (1965)
Red for Adventure (1965)
Number Two-Ninety (1966)
The Pass of Morning (1966)
Wolf Cub Island (1966)
Confederate Raider (1967)
Indestructible Jones (1967)
Mallory of Everest (1967)
Mr Fiddle's Band (1967)
Journey with a Secret (1968)
aka Mystery of the Fleeing Girl
Sea Road to Camperdown (1968)
Case for Mister Fiddle (1969)
Cubs of the Castle (1969)
Jones' Private Navy (1969)
Journey with a Success (1969)
First on the Summits (1970)
The Forbidden Frontiers (1970)
The Snowdon Rangers (1970)
A Tent on Top (1971)
Vincey Joe at Quiberon (1971)
Cubs on the Job (1972)
Admiral of England (1973)
A Kiss for Captain Hardy (1979)
Centurion Comes Home (1980)
Quarterdeck Ladder (1982)
Seven Gun Broadside (1982)
Stella And The Fireships (1983)
The Malta Frigate (1983)
Mutiny in the Caribbean (1984)
The Lee Shore (1986)
Gun Brig Captain (1987)
H. M. S. Cracker (1988)
Nelson Made Me (1989)
Nelson's Midshipman (1991)
The Independent Cruise (1992)
The 12-Gun Cutter (1996)
Sir Devil (1949)
Path to Glory (1951)
Dark Hazard (1952)
Land from the Sea (1952)
Mr. Nelson's Ladies (1953)
The Frigate Captain (1954)
Introduction to Mountaineering (1954)
Mountains of the Midnight Sun (1954)
The Moated Mountain (1955)
His Was Fire (1956)
The Lost Glacier (1956)
The Sea Lord (1956)
The Admiral's Fancy (1958)
Shadow Buttress (1959)
Wolfe Commands You (1959)
The Flying Ensign (1960)
Greencoats Against Napoleon (1960)
The Battle of Steam (1961)
The Lost Pothole (1961)
The Sea Officer (1961)
The Shop in the Mountain (1961)
Byrd of the 95th (1962)
Gentleman Johnny (1962)
The Ladder of Snow (1962)
Thunder Over Spain (1962)
H.M.S. Diamond Rock (1963)
A Necklace of Glaciers (1963)
The Camp in the Hills (1964)
Greenhorn's Cruise (1964)
Blue Remembered Hills (1965)
Mr Fiddle (1965)
Red for Adventure (1965)
Number Two-Ninety (1966)
The Pass of Morning (1966)
Wolf Cub Island (1966)
Confederate Raider (1967)
Indestructible Jones (1967)
Mallory of Everest (1967)
Mr Fiddle's Band (1967)
Journey with a Secret (1968)
aka Mystery of the Fleeing Girl
Sea Road to Camperdown (1968)
Case for Mister Fiddle (1969)
Cubs of the Castle (1969)
Jones' Private Navy (1969)
Journey with a Success (1969)
First on the Summits (1970)
The Forbidden Frontiers (1970)
The Snowdon Rangers (1970)
A Tent on Top (1971)
Vincey Joe at Quiberon (1971)
Cubs on the Job (1972)
Admiral of England (1973)
A Kiss for Captain Hardy (1979)
Centurion Comes Home (1980)
Quarterdeck Ladder (1982)
Seven Gun Broadside (1982)
Stella And The Fireships (1983)
The Malta Frigate (1983)
Mutiny in the Caribbean (1984)
The Lee Shore (1986)
Gun Brig Captain (1987)
H. M. S. Cracker (1988)
Nelson Made Me (1989)
Nelson's Midshipman (1991)
The Independent Cruise (1992)
The 12-Gun Cutter (1996)
Picture Books
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
A Climber in Wales (1949)
The Mountaineer's Week-End Book (1950)
The Camper's and Tramper's Week-End Book (1957)
Introduction to Caravanning (1957)
Getting to Know Mountains (1958)
How Mountains Are Climbed (1958)
How Underground Britain Is Explored (1959)
The Battle of Cotton (1960)
Look At Mountains (1962)
Modern Mountaineering (1964)
The Foundations of Climbing (1966)
The Arrow Book of Climbing (1967)
Climbing (1967)
On Top of the World (1967)
Rock and Rope (1967)
The Sea Cub (1967)
The Climber's Bedside Book (1968)
Welsh Walks and Legends (1972)
What to See in Beddgelert and How to See It (1973)
The Mountains of North Wales (1973)
Snowdon Range (1973)
Exploring Gwynedd from Porthmadog (1974)
Glyder Range (1974)
Backpacking in Alps and Pyrenees (1976)
Backpacking (1976)
Backpacking in Wales (1977)
Welsh walks & legends, South Wales (1977)
Llanberis Area Guide (1978)
Public Footpath Walks from the Cambrian Coast (1980)
Walks from the Festiniog Railway (1980)
Walks in Gwynedd (1980)
Snowdonia National Park (1987)
Welsh Walks and Legends: North Wales (1996)
North Wales Walks and Legends (2002)
The Mountaineer's Week-End Book (1950)
The Camper's and Tramper's Week-End Book (1957)
Introduction to Caravanning (1957)
Getting to Know Mountains (1958)
How Mountains Are Climbed (1958)
How Underground Britain Is Explored (1959)
The Battle of Cotton (1960)
Look At Mountains (1962)
Modern Mountaineering (1964)
The Foundations of Climbing (1966)
The Arrow Book of Climbing (1967)
Climbing (1967)
On Top of the World (1967)
Rock and Rope (1967)
The Sea Cub (1967)
The Climber's Bedside Book (1968)
Welsh Walks and Legends (1972)
What to See in Beddgelert and How to See It (1973)
The Mountains of North Wales (1973)
Snowdon Range (1973)
Exploring Gwynedd from Porthmadog (1974)
Glyder Range (1974)
Backpacking in Alps and Pyrenees (1976)
Backpacking (1976)
Backpacking in Wales (1977)
Welsh walks & legends, South Wales (1977)
Llanberis Area Guide (1978)
Public Footpath Walks from the Cambrian Coast (1980)
Walks from the Festiniog Railway (1980)
Walks in Gwynedd (1980)
Snowdonia National Park (1987)
Welsh Walks and Legends: North Wales (1996)
North Wales Walks and Legends (2002)
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