List of works by H. C. McNeile explained

Author:H. C. McNeile
Novel:15
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Article:1
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Story:20
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Collection:1
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Play:3
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Script:1
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Editorbook:1
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Cyril McNeile, MC (born Herman Cyril McNeile; 1888–1937) was a British soldier and author. During the First World War he wrote short stories based on his experiences in the trenches with the Royal Engineers. These were published in the Daily Mail under the pseudonym Sapper, the nickname of his regiment, and were later published as collections through Hodder & Stoughton. McNeile also wrote a series of articles titled The Making of an Officer, which appeared under the initials C. N., in five issues of The Times between 8 and 14 June 1916; these were also subsequently collected together and published. During the course of the war, McNeile wrote more than 80 collected and uncollected stories.

McNeile continued writing after he left the army in 1919, although he stopped writing war stories and began to publish thrillers. In 1920 he published Bulldog Drummond, whose eponymous hero became his best-known creation. The character was based on McNeile himself, his idea of an English gentleman and his friend Gerard Fairlie. McNeile wrote ten Bulldog Drummond novels, as well as three plays and a screenplay.

McNeile interspersed his Drummond work with other novels and story collections, including two characters who appeared as protagonists in their own works, Jim Maitland and Ronald Standish. McNeile was one of the most successful British popular authors of the inter-war period, before his death in 1937 from throat cancer, which has been attributed to being caught in a gas attack in the war.

Short story collections

The short story collections of H. C. McNeile
TitleYear of first publicationFirst edition publisherName or pseudonym used
Hodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Sergeant Michael Cassidy, R.E.Hodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Men, Women, and GunsHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
No Man's LandHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Hodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Hodder & Stoughton (London)McNeile
Hodder & Stoughton (London)McNeile
Out of the BlueHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Jim BrentHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Word of HonourHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Shorty BillHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Hodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
When Carruthers LaughedGeorge H. Doran Company (New York)McNeile
John WaltersHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Sapper's War StoriesHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Hodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Ronald StandishHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
51 StoriesHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Ask For Ronald StandishHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Littlehampton Book Services (Littlehampton)Sapper

Novels

The novels of H. C. McNeile
TitleYear of first publicationFirst edition publisherName or pseudonym used
MuftiHodder & Stoughton (London)McNeile
Bull-Dog DrummondHodder & Stoughton (London)McNeile
Hodder & Stoughton (London)McNeile
Jim MaitlandHodder & Stoughton (London)McNeile
Hodder & Stoughton (London)McNeile
Hodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Hodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Temple TowerHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Tiny CarteretHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Hodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Hodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Knock-OutHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Bull-Dog Drummond at BayHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
ChallengeHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper
Bulldog Drummond—His Four Rounds with Carl PetersonHodder & Stoughton (London)Sapper

Others

Other works of H. C. McNeile
TitleYear of first publicationFirst edition publisherCategoryName or pseudonym usedNotes
Hodder & Stoughton (London)Newspaper articlesC. N.Collection of articles first published in The Times
Bulldog Drummond: A Play in Four ActsSamuel French Ltd (London)PlaySapperCo-published with Gerald du Maurier
Bulldog DrummondUnpublishedScreenplaySapperWriting credit; based on the 1921 play of the same name
UnpublishedPlaySapperStaged in January 1930
Hodder & Stoughton (London)Short story collectionMcNeile, as editorCollection of stories by O. Henry
Bulldog JackUnpublishedScreenplayMcNeileWith Gerard Fairlie, J.O.C. Orton and others; written for Gaumont British
Bulldog Drummond Hits OutUnpublishedPlayMcNeileStaged in 1937

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