Wallace Breem (1926–1990) was a British
librarianA librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs. Typically, librarians work in a public or college library, an elementary or secondary school media...
and author, the
Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts
of the
Inner TempleThe Honourable Society of the Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London which may call members to the Bar and so entitle them to practise as barristers...
Law Library at his death, but perhaps more widely known for his
historical novelHistorical fiction is a genre in which the plot is set amidst historical events, or more generally, in which the author uses real events but adds a fictional character.-Overview:...
s, including the classic
Eagle in the SnowEagle in the Snow is a modern classic of historical fiction. Written in 1970 by Wallace Breem, the novel is set in Britannia and Germania in the late 4th and early 5th century, and centres on the Roman general Paulinus Gaius Maximus, a Mithraic in an age of Christianization...
(1970).
At the age of 18, Breem entered the Indian Army’s Officers Training School, and in 1945 was commissioned as an officer of the
Corps of GuidesThe Corps of Guides was a regiment of the British Indian Army. It was a unit with a formidable reputation for excellence, innovation, individual initiative, endurance, daring and toughness in battle.-History:...
, an elite Cavalry detachment of the North West Frontier Force.
After the Partition of India in 1947, Breem returned to England and held a variety of jobs which included labourer in a tannery, assistant to a veterinary surgeon, and rent-collector in the East End of London.
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Wallace Breem (1926–1990) was a British
librarianA librarian is an information professional trained in library and information science, which is the organization and management of information services or materials for those with information needs. Typically, librarians work in a public or college library, an elementary or secondary school media...
and author, the
Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts
of the
Inner TempleThe Honourable Society of the Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London which may call members to the Bar and so entitle them to practise as barristers...
Law Library at his death, but perhaps more widely known for his
historical novelHistorical fiction is a genre in which the plot is set amidst historical events, or more generally, in which the author uses real events but adds a fictional character.-Overview:...
s, including the classic
Eagle in the SnowEagle in the Snow is a modern classic of historical fiction. Written in 1970 by Wallace Breem, the novel is set in Britannia and Germania in the late 4th and early 5th century, and centres on the Roman general Paulinus Gaius Maximus, a Mithraic in an age of Christianization...
(1970).
At the age of 18, Breem entered the Indian Army’s Officers Training School, and in 1945 was commissioned as an officer of the
Corps of GuidesThe Corps of Guides was a regiment of the British Indian Army. It was a unit with a formidable reputation for excellence, innovation, individual initiative, endurance, daring and toughness in battle.-History:...
, an elite Cavalry detachment of the North West Frontier Force.
After the Partition of India in 1947, Breem returned to England and held a variety of jobs which included labourer in a tannery, assistant to a veterinary surgeon, and rent-collector in the East End of London. He eventually joined the library staff of the Inner Temple in London, in 1950.
Breem was a founder member of BIALL (British and Irish Association of Law Librarians), and at various times held the offices of Secretary, Treasurer, Chairman, Vice-President, and President in that organization.
Non-fiction writings
Breem made many notable contributions to works of scholarship, including the
Manual of Law Librarianship, the
New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, and various papers, reports, articles, and Standards.
Novels
- Eagle in the Snow
Eagle in the Snow is a modern classic of historical fiction. Written in 1970 by Wallace Breem, the novel is set in Britannia and Germania in the late 4th and early 5th century, and centres on the Roman general Paulinus Gaius Maximus, a Mithraic in an age of Christianization...
(Gollancz 1970, Sphere 1971), republished 2002, 2003, 2004.
- The Legate’s Daughter (Arrow Books 1975), republished 2004.
- The Leopard and the Cliff (St. Martin's Press 1978).
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