Maurice Elvey
November 11, 1887
Maurice Elvey was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, the oldest son of William Clarence Folkard, an inspecting engineer, and Sarah Anna Seward Folkard (formerly Pearce). He never had a formal education, and was working on the streets of London by the age of nine after having run away…
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3 titles
Obsessed
After a sickly Victorian woman dies suddenly, a postmortem reveals that her body contains a fatal dose of arsenic. Suspicion falls on her husband and her companion, who are lovers. Inspector Martin of Scotland Yard solves the myst...
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary
An American soldier's marital bliss is shattered when his alluring ex-wife resurfaces in England, asserting their marriage's validity. His buddies efforts to help only exacerbate the tangled mess.
The Water Gipsies
Jane Bell has lived on an old barge moored in the Thames with her feckless father and sister ever since their mother died, but she would prefer her life to be more like the movies; reality is being courted by inarticulate boatman ...