Lord Dunsany

Edward Plunkett

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Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett was born in Ireland, the first son of John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany and Ernle Elizabeth Louisa Maria Grosvenor Ernle-Erle-Drax. He spent his childhood at several family properties, including Dunstall Priory in Shoreham, Kent, Dunsany Castle in County Meath, as wells as other family homes such as in London. His schooling was at Cheam, Eton and finally Sandhurst, which he entered in 1896. He became the 18th Baron of Dunsany when his father died in 1899, and he returned to Dunsany Castle in 1901 after war duty. He married Lady Beatrice Child Villiers in 1904. Their child, Randal, was born in 1906. Edward Plunkett was a writer and dramatist, notable for his work, mostly in fantasy, which he published under the name Lord Dunsany. More than eighty books of his work were published, and his oeuvre includes many hundreds of published short stories, as well as successful plays, novels and essays.

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Lord Dunsany
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Edward Plunkett
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The Gods of Pegāna
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The Complete Poems of Francis Ledwidge
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Gods of Pegāna
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Plays of Near & Far, Including If
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Don Rodrigo
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Librivox Short Story Collection 088
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Librivox Short Story Collection 092
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Librivox Short Story Collection 086
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Librivox Short Story Collection 089
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LibriVox Short Story Collection 091
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Elfdiyarı Kralı'nın Kızı
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A Collection of Fiction and Essays by Occult Writers on Supernatural, Metaphysical and Esoteric Subjects
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Sword of Welleran and Other Stories
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Book of Wonder
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Cuentos de un soñador,
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Lin Carter's Simrana Cycle
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A Dreamer's Tales
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The Past and Future of the British Navy
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War Poems
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The Book of Wonder
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Librivox Short Story Collection 074
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A Dreamer's Tales
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The Ghost in the Corner and Other Stories
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Dean Spanley
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