Inker.įor walkers visiting Snowdonia for the first time, Styles' The Mountains of North Wales is monumentally inspirational, written by a sure hand and with a firm conviction and love of these mountains. Sdwebimage ios 7, Showell styles backpacking in wales, Nordstrand bad st.hans. In addition to historic naval adventure fiction such as the Midshipman Quinn and Lieutenant Michael Fitton series set during the Napoleonic Wars, and non-fiction works on mountains and such as The Mountaineer's Weekend Book, he wrote detective fiction under the pseudonym of Glyn Carr, and humorous pieces as C.L. Dragontail peak mountain forecast, Bestiary witcher 3 devil by the well.

He became a prolific writer with over 160 books published for children as well as adults. His first novel, Traitor's Mountain, was a murder mystery set on and around Tryfan in Wales.

During the Second World War, Styles joined the Royal Navy and was posted in the Mediterranean, but even there he walked and climbed as much as he could.Īn aspiring writer, Styles already had articles published in Punch, before setting out to make his living as an author. Known to his friends as 'Pip', Showell Styles' childhood was spent in the hills of North Wales where he became an avid mountaineer and explorer. Showell Styles was born in Four Oaks, Birmingham and was educated at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School, Sutton Coldfield. Author Styles, Showell, 1908-2005 Format Book Language English Published/ Created London: Hurst and Blackett 1955 Description 255 p. Frank Showell Styles (14 March 1908 – 19 February 2005) was a Welsh writer and mountaineer. Lua error in a at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

The Moated Mountain by Showell Styles