Hervey Allen

Hervey Allen

Hervey Allen (William Hervey Allen Jr.) was born on December 8th, 1889. Hervey passed away December 28th, 1949 at 60 years old. Hervey Allen was born in Pittsburgh, PA.

Hervey Allen was the author of the Anthony Adverse series which consists of 3 novels. The Anthony Adverse series started in 1933 with the novel The Roots of the Tree. The most recently released novel in the Anthony Adverse series was The Lonely Twin which was released in 1933. There are no upcoming novels for the Anthony Adverse series.

Hervey Allen also wrote the Sylvania series which has 3 books including The Forest and the Fort and Bedford Village.

Hervey Allen: Lists & Other Mentions

• The Lonely Twin was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1933 and 1934.
• Action at Aquila was a New York Times: #1 Fiction Best Seller in 1938 and a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1938.
• The Roots of the Tree was a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1933 and 1934.
• The Forest and the Fort was a Publishers Weekly: Bestselling Novel in the United States in 1943.

The complete novel Anthony Adverse, which contains three separate volumes listed above, was the #1 entry on the Publishers Weekly bestselling novels list in 1933 and 1934.

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