Jeffery Farnol was a British writer since 1907 until his death, known for writing more thanromance novels, some formulaic and set in the Georgian Era or English Regency period, and swashbucklers. He, with Georgette Heyer, founded the Regency romantic genre.
John Jeffery Farnol was born in Aston, Birmingham, England, UK, son of Kate Jeffery and Henry John Farnol, a factoryemployed brassfounder. The marriage had three more children, two boys and a girl. He was brought up in London and Kent. He attended the Westminster School of Art, after he had lost his job in a Birmingham metalworking firm.
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