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Richard Arthur Warren Hughes (April 19, 1900 - April 28, 1976) was a British writer of poems, short stories, novels and plays.
Born in Weybridge, Surrey. He studied at the Charterhouse, and graduated from Oriel College, Oxford in 1922. He worked as a journalist and traveled widely before marrying in 1932.
As a novelist, has only four novels, the most famous of which is
Hurricane in Jamaica (1929), which was first published in the U.S. under the title of his successful stage adaptation, The innocent
voyage. Set in the nineteenth century
, chronicles the events following the accidental capture of a group of English children by pirates. It was adapted into a film in 1965.
During World War II, Hughes had a desk job at the Admiralty. After the end of the war, he spent ten years writing scripts for Ealing Studios
.
was a member of the Royal Society of Literature and in the United States, an honorary member of the National Institute and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He was awarded the OBE in 1946.
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Title: Hurricane in Jamaica Author: Richard Hughes
In Jamaica in the mid-nineteenth century, arguably the five sons of the English family Bas-Thornton and the two Fernández Creole family living in "paradise." But after an earthquake and a hurricane have been reduced to rubble the possessions of their families, are sent to England for their education. During the trip, the boat in which they travel is approached by pirates and children are accidentally "kidnapped", his captors, however, far from being rude and heartless sailors and resign themselves to navigate the unexpected company.