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Henry Treece (December 22 1911 – June 10, 1966) was a British poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
 and writer, who worked also as a teacher, and editor. He is perhaps best remembered now as a historical novel
Historical novel

A historical novel is a novel in which the story is set among historical events, or more generally, in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the author....
ist, particularly as a children's historical novelist, although he also wrote some adult historical novels.

His five volumes of poetry were: 38 Poems Fortune Press nd.; then by Faber & Faber, Invitation and Warning 1942, The Black Seasons 1945, The Haunted Garden 1947 and The Exiles 1952.






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Henry Treece (December 22 1911 – June 10, 1966) was a British poet
Poet

A poet is a person who writes poetry....
 and writer, who worked also as a teacher, and editor. He is perhaps best remembered now as a historical novel
Historical novel

A historical novel is a novel in which the story is set among historical events, or more generally, in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the author....
ist, particularly as a children's historical novelist, although he also wrote some adult historical novels.

His five volumes of poetry were: 38 Poems Fortune Press nd.; then by Faber & Faber, Invitation and Warning 1942, The Black Seasons 1945, The Haunted Garden 1947 and The Exiles 1952. He appeared in the 1949 The New British Poets, an Anthology edited by Kenneth Rexroth
Kenneth Rexroth

Kenneth Rexroth was an American poet, translator and critical essayist. He was among the first poets in the United States to explore traditional Japanese poetic forms such as haiku....
; but from 1952 with The Dark Island he devoted himself to fiction. Representative of his children's books are the trilogy Viking's Dawn
Viking's Dawn

Viking's Dawn is a novel by Henry Treece. It is the first in a series of three novels; the others are The Road to Miklagard and Viking's Sunset....
, The Road to Miklagard
The Road to Miklagard

The Road to Miklagard is a children's historical novel by Henry Treece. It is the second in a series of three novels; the others are Viking's Dawn and Viking's Sunset....
 and Viking's Sunset
Viking's Sunset

Viking's Sunset is a children's historical novel by Henry Treece. It is the third in a series of three novels featuring the Viking Harald Sigurdsson; the others are Viking's Dawn and The Road to Miklagard....
. He also wrote the children's book War Dog. His play 'Carnival King' (Faber & Faber) was produced at Nottingham Playhouse in 1953. He also worked as a radio broadcaster. His historical novels set in Mycenaean Greece are reminiscent of Mary Renault
Mary Renault

Mary Renault born Mary Challans, was an England writer best known for her historical novels set in Ancient Greece. In addition to vivid fictional portrayals of Theseus, Socrates, Plato and Alexander the Great, she wrote a non-fiction biography of Alexander....
.

Treece was born in Wednesbury
Wednesbury

Wednesbury is a market town in England's Black Country, part of the Sandwell metropolitan borough in West Midlands , near the source of the River Tame, West Midlands....
, Staffordshire
Staffordshire

Staffordshire is a landlocked Counties of England in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Stafford. Part of the National Forest, England lies within its borders....
, and graduated from the University of Birmingham
University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham is a United Kingdom 'Red brick universities' university located in the city of Birmingham, England. Founded in Edgbaston in 1900 as a successor to Mason Science College, and with origins dating back to the 1825 Birmingham Medical School, it was the first of the so-called Red brick universities to receive a Royal...
 in 1933. He went into teaching, first at Tynemouth School
The King's School, Tynemouth

The King's School is a co-educational, independent day school in Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England with over 800 pupils aged between 4 and 18. The current headmaster is Mr Philip Cantwell....
. In 1939 he married Mary Woodman and settled in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire is a Counties of England in the east of England. It borders Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, Rutland, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, and the East Riding of Yorkshire....
 as a teacher at Barton on Humber Grammar School. Their son, Richard Treece, became a musician with Help Yourself
Help Yourself (band)

Help Yourself, known to their fans as "The Helps", were an English Rock music band of the early 1970?s whose style developed from ?American-flavoured country-rock? ?to acid-drenched psych.?....
 and other rock bands.

In World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
 he served as an intelligence officer in the RAF
Royal Air Force

The Royal Air Force is the United Kingdom's air force, the oldest independent air force in the world. Formed on 1 April 1918, the RAF has taken a significant role in British military history ever since, playing a large part in World War II and in more recent conflicts....
 and helped John Pudney edit Air Force Poetry. Other poetry anthologies he was involved with include The New Apocalypse (1939) with J. F. Hendry
J. F. Hendry

James Findlay Hendry was a Scotland poet known also as an editor and writer. He was born in Glasgow, and read Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow....
 giving its name to a movement
New Apocalyptics

The New Apocalyptics were a poetry grouping in the UK in the 1940s, taking their name from the anthology The New Apocalypse , which was edited by J....
; two further anthologies with Hendry followed. He wrote a critical study of Dylan Thomas, called Dylan Thomas - Dog among the fairies published by Lindsay Drummond, London in 1949. He and Thomas fell out when Thomas refused to sign up as a New Apocalyptic.

He also wrote "Conquerors" in 1932, as a way to reflect on the horrors of war.

He edited issues of Transformation, and A New Romantic Anthology (1949) with Stefan Schimanski, issues of Kingdom Come: The Magazine of War-Time Oxford with Schimanski and Alan Rook
Alan Rook

Alan Rook was a Cairo poets and edited the 1936 issue of New Oxford Poetry. After the war, he became a wine-trader....
, as well as War-Time Harvest. How I See Apocalypse (London, Lindsay Drummond, 1946) was a retrospective statement.

Works

  • 38 Poems (1940)
  • The White Horseman: prose and verse of the new apocalypse (1941) (edited with J. F. Hendry
    J. F. Hendry

    James Findlay Hendry was a Scotland poet known also as an editor and writer. He was born in Glasgow, and read Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow....
    )
  • Invitation and Warning (1942) (verse)
  • Transformation. (Transformation two [etc.].) (1943) (Prose ... Poetry ... Plays) (edited with Stefan K. Schimanski)
  • Wartime Harvest:an anthology of prose and verse (1943) (edited with Stefan K. Schimanski)
  • Air Force Poetry (1944) (edited with John Pudney
    John Pudney

    John Sleigh Pudney was a British journalist and writer. He was known for short stories, poetry, non-fiction and children's fiction ....
    )
  • Herbert Read: an introduction to his work by various hands (1944) (edited)
  • A Map of Hearts (1944) (tales) (edited with Stefan K. Schimanski)
  • The Black Seasons (1945) (poems)
  • The Crown and the Sickle: an anthology (1945) (with J. F. Hendry
    J. F. Hendry

    James Findlay Hendry was a Scotland poet known also as an editor and writer. He was born in Glasgow, and read Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow....
    )
  • How I See Apocalypse (1946)
  • I Cannot go Hunting Tomorrow. 1946) (short stories)
  • The Haunted Garden (1947 (poems)
  • Leaves in the Storm (1947) (book of diaries) (edited with Stefan K. Schimanski and with a running commentary)
  • Transformation Library. (1947) (general editor with Stefan K. Schimanski)
  • Selected Poems (1948) (edited by Algernon Charles, with an introduction by Henry Treece)
  • Dylan Thomas. ‘Dog among the fairies. (1949)
  • A New Romantic Anthology (1949) (edited with Stefan K. Schimanski)
  • The Dark Island (1952) (novel)
  • The Exiles (1952) (poems)
  • The Rebels (1953) (novel)
  • Desperate Journey (1954) (A tale)
  • The Eagles Have Flown (1954) (novel)
  • Legions of the Eagle (1954) (novel)
  • Ask for King Billy (1955) (novel)
  • Carnival King: A play in three acts (1955) (play)
  • Hounds of the King (1955) (with two radio plays by the author, 1965 edition)
  • Viking's Dawn
    Viking's Dawn

    Viking's Dawn is a novel by Henry Treece. It is the first in a series of three novels; the others are The Road to Miklagard and Viking's Sunset....
     (1955) (1st in The Viking Saga)
  • The Golden Strangers (1956) (also published as The Invaders - 1979)
  • The Great Captains (1956)
  • Hunter Hunted (1957) (novel)
  • Men of the Hills (1957) (novel)
  • The Road to Miklagard
    The Road to Miklagard

    The Road to Miklagard is a children's historical novel by Henry Treece. It is the second in a series of three novels; the others are Viking's Dawn and Viking's Sunset....
     (1957) (2nd in The Viking Saga)
  • The Children's Crusade
    Children's Crusade

    The Children's Crusade is the name given to a variety of fictional and factual events which happened in 1212 that combine some or all of these elements: visions by a French or German boy; an intention to peacefully convert Muslims in the Holy Land to Christianity; bands of children marching to Italy; and children being sold into slavery....
     (1958) (novel)
  • Don't Expect Any Mercy! (1958) (novel)
  • Red Queen, White Queen (1958) (novel) (also published as The Pagan Queen)
  • The Return of Robinson Crusoe (1958) (novel)
  • Ride into Danger (1959) (novel)
  • The Bombard (1959) (novel)
  • Castles and Kings (1959)
  • The True Books about Castles (1959)
  • Wickham and the Armada (1959) (novel)
  • A Fighting Man (1960)
  • Red Settlement (1960)
  • Viking's Sunset
    Viking's Sunset

    Viking's Sunset is a children's historical novel by Henry Treece. It is the third in a series of three novels featuring the Viking Harald Sigurdsson; the others are Viking's Dawn and The Road to Miklagard....
     (1960) (3rd in The Viking Saga)
  • The Golden One (1961)
  • Jason (1961) (novel)
  • The Jet Bead (1961) (novel)
  • The Crusades (1962)
  • Man with a Sword (1962) (novel)
  • War Dog (1962) (novel)
  • Collected poems (1963)
  • Electra (1963) (novel)
  • Fighting Men: how men have fought through the ages (1963) (with Ronald Ewart Oakeshott)
  • Horned Helmet (1963) (novel)
  • Know about the Crusades (1963)
  • The Burning of Njal (1964) (novel) (retold by Henry Treece)
  • The Last of the Vikings (1964) (novel)
  • Oedipus (1964) (novel)
  • The Bronze Sword (1965) (novel)
  • Splintered Sword (1965) (novel)
  • Killer in Dark Glasses (1965) (novel)
  • Swords from the North (1966) (novel)
  • Bang You're Dead! (1966) (novel)
  • The Queen's Brooch (1966) (novel)
  • The Green Man (1966) (novel)
  • The Dream Time (1967) (novel)
  • Vinland the Good
    Vinland the Good

    Vinland the Good is the title of at least two novels.It is a 1946 novel by British author Nevil Shute , also published as An Old Captivity....
     (1967) (novel) (decorations by William Stobbs, map by Richard Treece)
  • The Windswept City (1967) (novel)
  • The Crusaders (1978)


Journal

  • New Apocalyptics
    New Apocalyptics

    The New Apocalyptics were a poetry grouping in the UK in the 1940s, taking their name from the anthology The New Apocalypse , which was edited by J....
     a periodical (edited with J. F. Hendry
    J. F. Hendry

    James Findlay Hendry was a Scotland poet known also as an editor and writer. He was born in Glasgow, and read Modern Languages at the University of Glasgow....
    )