Louis Gompertz
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Martin Louis Alan Gompertz (1886–1951) was an Anglo-Indian
soldier and writer, also known by the pseudonym of 'Ganpat', which was the nearest his Indian troops could get to pronouncing 'Gompertz'. Ganpat is another name for the elephant god Ganesh. He started his writing career with articles for 'Blackwood's Magazine' on his service in East Africa during World War 1. He wrote many adventure stories in the style of H. Rider Haggard
, though most of Ganpat's stories are set in the Himalayas. He was an Anglo Indian soldier, and his stories reflect his military and frontier background. He retired in 1939 with the rank of Brigadier, ending his days in the town of Chagford, on the edge of Dartmoor, where he could pursue his passion for fishing.
His books include the following titles:
He also wrote two superb travel books on Ladakh
, the Tibetan enclave in North-West Kashmir, "The Road to Lamaland" and "Magic Ladakh."
Further information can be found in an article in The Book and Magazine Collector, No. 210, September 2001.
Anglo-Indian
Anglo-Indians are people who have mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in India, now mainly historical in the latter sense. British residents in India used the term "Eurasians" for people of mixed European and Indian descent...
soldier and writer, also known by the pseudonym of 'Ganpat', which was the nearest his Indian troops could get to pronouncing 'Gompertz'. Ganpat is another name for the elephant god Ganesh. He started his writing career with articles for 'Blackwood's Magazine' on his service in East Africa during World War 1. He wrote many adventure stories in the style of H. Rider Haggard
H. Rider Haggard
Sir Henry Rider Haggard, KBE was an English writer of adventure novels set in exotic locations, predominantly Africa, and a founder of the Lost World literary genre. He was also involved in agricultural reform around the British Empire...
, though most of Ganpat's stories are set in the Himalayas. He was an Anglo Indian soldier, and his stories reflect his military and frontier background. He retired in 1939 with the rank of Brigadier, ending his days in the town of Chagford, on the edge of Dartmoor, where he could pursue his passion for fishing.
His books include the following titles:
- DAINRA,
- FAIRY SILVER,
- HARILEK,
- MIRROR OF DREAMS,
- SEVEN TIMES PROVEN,
- SNOW RUBIES,
- WREXHAM'S ROMANCE,
- ROADS OF PEACE,
- THE THREE R'S (science fiction.)
- HIGH SNOW
- STELLA NASH
- THE VOICE OF DASHIN.
- WALLS HAVE EYES.(science fiction.)
- THE SPEAKERS IN SILENCE.
- MARCHES OF HONOUR.
- THE SECOND TIGRESS.
- THE SLEEPY DUKE. (Historical novel of the Plantaganets.)
- THE WAR BREAKERS.
He also wrote two superb travel books on Ladakh
Ladakh
Ladakh is a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of the Republic of India. It lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent...
, the Tibetan enclave in North-West Kashmir, "The Road to Lamaland" and "Magic Ladakh."
Further information can be found in an article in The Book and Magazine Collector, No. 210, September 2001.