D. REED :: The Controversy of Zion
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OTHER WORKS BY DOUGLAS REED:
The Burning of the Reichstag (1934)Insanity Fair
(Jonathan Cape, 1938)
Disgrace Abounding
(do., 1939)
Nemesis? The Story of Otto Strasser (do.) A Prophet at Home
(do., 1941)
All Our Tomorrows
(do., 1942)
Lest We Regret
(do., 1943)
From Smoke to Smother
(do., 1948)
Somewhere South of Suez
(do., 1949)
Far and Wide
(do., 1951)
The Battle for Rhodesia
(HAUM, 1966)
The Siege of Southern Africa
(Macmillan, 1974)
Behind the Scene
(Dolphin Press, 1975)
The Grand Design of the 20th Century
(Dolphin Press, 1977)
Novels: Galanty Show. Reasons of Health. Rule of Three, The Next Horizon.
Play:
Downfall
Many books by Douglas Reed are now available (html and pdf) at:http://www.douglasreedbooks.com/ See also: <http://members.fortunecity.com/douglasreed/> THE AUTHOR Douglas Lancelot Reed (1995 – 1976)It is one of the commonplaces of history that adverse circumstances offer no obstacle to men of outstanding energy and ability. Douglas Reed, who described himself as "relatively unschooled", started out inlife as an office boy at the age of 13 and was a bank clerk at 19 before enlisting at the outbreak of World WarI. A less promising preparation for a man destined to be one of the most brilliant political analysts anddescriptive writers of the century could hardly be imagined. He was already 26 years old when he reached theLondon
Times
in 1921 as a telephonist and clerk; and he was 30 when he finally reached journalism as sub-editor. Thereafter there was no stopping this late-starter. Three years later he became assistant
Times
correspondent in Berlin before moving on to Vienna as Chief Central European correspondent stationed at Vienna. Reed broke with
The Times
in October 1938, almost simultaneously with the appearance of a book which was to win him instant world fame
-Insanity Fair,
a charming combination of autobiography andcontemporary history. This was followed a year later by another runaway best seller,
Disgrace Abounding.
Otherbest-sellers followed in quick succession -
A Prophet at Home, All Our Tomorrows, Lest We Regret, Somewhere South of
Suez
and
Far and Wide.
After
Far and Wide
Reed was virtually banned by the establishment publishers andbooksellers, but he emerged from his enforced retirement as a writer in 1966 with
The Battle for Rhodesia,
followed by
The
Siege Of Southern Africa
in 1974,
Behind the Scene
(a new edition of Part Two of
Far and Wide
)and
The Grand Design,
published in 1976 and 1977.