James Hilton
James Hilton was born in Lancashire in 1900, the son of a headmaster. His best known books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr Chips, were written during the thirties, a period which afforded him great commercial success and enormous popularity. Lost Horizon was made into a blockbuster Hollywood film in 1937. For a time, Hilton was highest paid screen-writer in Hollywood and he won an Academy Award in 1942 for his work on the screenplay of Mrs. Miniver. Hilton continued to write novels throughout his...See more
James Hilton was born in Lancashire in 1900, the son of a headmaster. His best known books, Lost Horizon and Goodbye Mr Chips, were written during the thirties, a period which afforded him great commercial success and enormous popularity. Lost Horizon was made into a blockbuster Hollywood film in 1937. For a time, Hilton was highest paid screen-writer in Hollywood and he won an Academy Award in 1942 for his work on the screenplay of Mrs. Miniver. Hilton continued to write novels throughout his career. He died in 1954. See less
James Hilton's Featured Books
Lost Horizon
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Goodbye Mr. Chips
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Random Harvest
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips
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Good-Bye, Mr. Chips
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Lost Horizon (Hardback)
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Search and Destroy: A Gunn...
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Good-bye, Mr. Chips
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Knight without Armour
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Was It Murder?
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To You, MR Chips
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Murder at School
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Chronograms, 5000 and More in...
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Chronograms, 5000 and More in...
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Chronograms Continued and...
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Chronograms Collected: More...
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Random Harvest (Tr, Reissue)
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H R H the Story of Philip...
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Chronograms: 5000 and More in...
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Minutes of the Sixty-Fifth...
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Chronograms Collected, More...
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Goodbye Mister Chips
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Goodbye, Mr. Chips: To You,...
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James Hilton book reviews
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Was It Murder?
Delightful 1930s Mystery
by bobpac, Jul 19, 2013
Mayhem and mystery at an upper class British boys school. There's a good puzzle for readers to try and solve and an ending that was probably controversial for its time. Written in 1933 bt the ... Read More
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Random Harvest
Random Harvest
The book and the movie both ? I say yes ! The movie makes you want to read the book and the book makes you want to watch the movie. A must have,indeed. The condition was very very good. Shipping ... Read More
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Lost Horizon
Masterpiece
This is one of the greatest books ever written. It won James Hilton the Hawthorndon Prize. I first saw the movie (an epic achievement!) when I was a child of ten--I'm 65 now. My mother bought me the ... Read More