Author:Cecil William Mercer

Cecil William Mercer
(1885–1960)

British novelist, used the pseudonym Dornford Yates; wrote novels and short stories, some humorous (the Berry books), some thrillers (the Chandos books), were best-sellers in the twenty-one year interwar period between the First and Second world wars

Cecil William Mercer

Works edit

The Berry Books edit

The Chandos Books edit

  • Blind Corner (1927)
  • Perishable Goods
  • Blood Royal
  • She Fell Among Thieves
  • An Eye for a Tooth

Others edit

  • The Stolen March
  • The Publican
  • Anthony Lyveden Project Gutenberg
  • Valerie French
  • Storm Music
  • Safe Custody
  • And Five Were Foolish Project Gutenberg
  • As Other Men Are Project Gutenberg
  • Maiden Stakes
  • She Painted Her Face
  • Gale Warning
  • Shoal Water
  • Period Stuff
  • Fire Below

Short stories from magazines edit

Works about 'Dornford Yates' edit

 

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.


This author died in 1960, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 63 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

 

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