Richard Alexander Hough (; 15 May 1922 – 7 October 1999)
was a British
author
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and
historian
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specializing in maritime history.
Personal life
Hough married the author
Charlotte Woodyatt, whom he had met when they were pupils at
Frensham Heights School
Frensham Heights School is an independent school and sixth form college located near Farnham, Surrey, England, run by the registered charity, Frensham Heights Educational Trust Ltd. It was founded in 1925 and formed as part of the movement for ...
, and they had five children, including the author
Deborah Moggach,
[ ] the children's author Sarah Garland, and Alexandra Hough, author of the textbook ''Hough’s Cardio Respiratory Care''.
Literary career
Hough won the ''
Daily Express'' Best Book of the Sea Award in 1972.
After leaving school, he joined the
Royal Air Force
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at the beginning of
World War II
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and received his initial flight training at an airfield not far from
Hollywood
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. He later flew
Hurricanes
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and
Typhoons
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.
He also wrote under the
''nom de plume'' Bruce Carter.
Among the 90 books he wrote were:
*''
Into a Strange Lost World
''Into a Strange Lost World'' is a novel for children written by Richard Hough but published under the pen name Bruce Carter, which Hough used for all his books aimed at children. It was first published by The Bodley Head in 1952. It has also b ...
'' (1952), aka ''The Perilous Descent into a Strange Lost World''
*''
The Kidnapping of Kensington'' (1958), aka ''The Children Who Stayed Behind''
*''Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian'' (1972)
*''The Deadly Freeze'' (1976)
*''Buzzbugs'' (1977)
*''Angels One Five'' (1979), aka ''Wings Against the Sky''
*''The Fight of the Few'' (1980), aka ''The Raging Sky''
*''The Fight to the Finish'' (1981), aka ''Wings of Victory''
*''Nightworld'' (1987)
Bibliography as Richard Hough
* ''The Fight of the Few'', 1979, Cassell ltd, Great Britain
* ''One Boy's War'', Pen and Sword, 2008,
* ''The Fleet that had to Die''
* ''Admirals in Collision''
* ''Dreadnought: A History of the Modern Battleship''
* ''First Sea Lord: A life of Admiral Lord Fisher''
* ''The Hunting of Force Z''
* ''The Blind Horn's Hate''
* ''Captain Bligh & Mr. Christian''
* ''Louis and
Victoria: the First Mountbattens''
* ''Mountbatten: Hero of our Time''
* ''Edwina''
* ''The Pursuit of Admiral von Spee''
* ''The Ace of Clubs: A History of the Garrick''
* ''The
Battle of Britain
The Battle of Britain, also known as the Air Battle for England (german: die Luftschlacht um England), was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended ...
: the Jubilee History'' (with co-author Denis Richards)
* ''Winston & Clementine: the Triumphs & Tragedies of the Churchills''
* ''Bless our Ship: Mountbatten and the Kelly''
* ''Other Days Around Me'' (Autobiography)
* ''The Great Admirals'', William Morrow and Company, New York, 1977
* ''Edward and Alexandra: Their Private and Public Lives'', London 1992, Hodder & Stoddart, .
* ''The Potemkin Mutiny''
* ''Captain James Cook: A Biography'', Hodder & Stoughton, London, 1994
* ''The Great War at Sea'', Oxford University Press, Oxford - New York, 1983
* ''Buller's Guns''
* ''Buller's Dreadnought''
* ''Buller's Victory''
* ''Sister Agnes: The History of King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers 1899–1999''. John Murray, London, 1998
Bibliography as Bruce Carter
* ''The Perilous Descent'' (Children's)
[
* ''Speed Six!'' (Children's)][
* ''Four Wheel Drift'' (Children's)][
* ''Kidnapping of Kensington'' (Children's)][
* ''Razor Eyes''(Children's)][
* ''Miaow'' (Children's)][
* ''B Flight'' (Children's)
]
References
External links
*
1922 births
1999 deaths
20th-century English historians
British World War II fighter pilots
People educated at Frensham Heights School
Royal Air Force pilots of World War II
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