He lost access to the house during the Second World War when Germany occupied the Channel Islands but later regained it. He later purchased a house, Le Vanquiédor in St. His literary success enabled him to buy a villa in France and a yacht, spending his winters in France where he regularly entertained more than 250 people at his lavish parties and where he was a well-known figure in high society. He featured on the cover of 'Time' magazine on 12 September 1927 and he was the self-styled 'Prince of Storytellers', a title used by Robert standish for his biography of the author. His wife remained faithful to him throughout his life despite his frequent and highly publicised affairs, which often took place abroad and aboard his luxury yacht.ĭuring World War I Oppenheim worked for the Ministry of Information while continuing to write his suspenseful novels. While on a business trip to the United States in 1890 he met and married Elise Clara Hopkins of Boston and, on return to England, they lived in Evington, Leicestershire until the First World War,and had one daughter. He wrote his first book 'Expiation' in 1887 and in 1898 he published 'The Mysterious Mr Sabin', which he described as 'The first of my long series of stories dealing with that shadowy and mysterious world of diplomacy.' Thereafter he became a prolific writer and by 1900 he had had 14 novels published. He continued working in the business, even though he was a successful novelist, until he was 40 at which point he sold the business. He was born in Leicester, the son of a leather merchant, and after attending Wyggeston Grammar School he worked in his father's business for almost 20 years, beginning there at a young age.

Edward Phillips Oppenheim was an English novelist, primarily known for his suspense fiction.

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