Richard Henry Savage was a soldier, engineer, diplomat, lawyer, novelist, civic leader and war hero. His ancestors were English, Scottish and Irish, and his grandfather, a civil engineer, arrived in America around 1805. Savage graduated from West Point in 1868 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He joined the Egyptian army as a major in 1871. He served on the Texas-Mexico frontier and as a chief engineer on a railroad in California, retiring in 1884. Savage wrote his first novel, My Official Wife (1891), which proved to be his most famous. He wrote over 40 books, including Our Mysterious Passenger and Other Stories (1899). Savage became senior Captain of the 27th U.S. Volunteer Infantry and was appointed Brigadier General and Chief Engineer of Spanish War Veterans in 1900. After living such an adventurous life, Savage was run over by a horse-drawn wagon while crossing Sixth Avenue in New York City.
Novels
My Official Wife (1891)
The Little Lady of Lagunitas (1892)
Prince Schamyl's Wooing (1892)
A Daughter of Judas (1893)
Delilah of Harlem (1893)
The Masked Venus (1893)
The Passing Show (1893)
The Anarchist (1894)
aka Storm Signals
The Flying Halcyon (1894)
For Life and Love (1894)
The Princess Of Alaska (1894)
After Many Years (1895)
In the Old Chateau (1895)
Miss Devereux of the Mariquita (1895)
Checked Through (1896)
His Cuban Sweetheart (1896)
An Exile From London (1897)
A Fascinating Traitor (1897)
For Her Life (1897)
Her Foreign Conquest (1897)
Lost Countess Falka (1897)
A Modern Corsair (1897)
A Captive Princess (1898)
In the Shadow of the Pyramids (1898)
In the Swim (1898)
An Awkward Meeting (1899)
Captain Landon (1899)
The Hacienda On the Hill (1899)
The White Lady of Khaminavatka (1899)
Brought to Bay (1900)
The Shield of His Honor (1900)
The Midnight Passenger (1901)
The Mystery Of A Shipyard (1901)
Commander Leigh (1902)
aka Special Orders for Commander Leigh
For A Young Queen's Bright Eyes (1902)
The Golden Rapids of High Life (1903)
The Last Traitor of Long Island (1903)
A Monte Cristo in Khaki (1903)
The Little Lady of Lagunitas (1892)
Prince Schamyl's Wooing (1892)
A Daughter of Judas (1893)
Delilah of Harlem (1893)
The Masked Venus (1893)
The Passing Show (1893)
The Anarchist (1894)
aka Storm Signals
The Flying Halcyon (1894)
For Life and Love (1894)
The Princess Of Alaska (1894)
After Many Years (1895)
In the Old Chateau (1895)
Miss Devereux of the Mariquita (1895)
Checked Through (1896)
His Cuban Sweetheart (1896)
An Exile From London (1897)
A Fascinating Traitor (1897)
For Her Life (1897)
Her Foreign Conquest (1897)
Lost Countess Falka (1897)
A Modern Corsair (1897)
A Captive Princess (1898)
In the Shadow of the Pyramids (1898)
In the Swim (1898)
An Awkward Meeting (1899)
Captain Landon (1899)
The Hacienda On the Hill (1899)
The White Lady of Khaminavatka (1899)
Brought to Bay (1900)
The Shield of His Honor (1900)
The Midnight Passenger (1901)
The Mystery Of A Shipyard (1901)
Commander Leigh (1902)
aka Special Orders for Commander Leigh
For A Young Queen's Bright Eyes (1902)
The Golden Rapids of High Life (1903)
The Last Traitor of Long Island (1903)
A Monte Cristo in Khaki (1903)
Collections
Our Mysterious Passenger and Other Stories (1899)
In the Esbekieyeh Gardens and Other Stories (1901)
An Egyptian Tragedy and Other Stories (1902)
In the Esbekieyeh Gardens and Other Stories (1901)
An Egyptian Tragedy and Other Stories (1902)