Ford Madox Ford, born Ford Hermann Hueffer in 1873, in Surrey, published over 80 books during his writing career. His novels include The Inheritors, Romance, The Fifth Queen and The Good Soldier, and autobiographical works, Return to Yesterday, It was the Nightingale and The March of Literature.
In 1915, Ford Madox Ford enlisted in the army and served as an infantry soldier in the First World War. Parade’s End was based on his personal experiences of war. It was published in four parts between 1924 and 1928.
Ford Madox Ford died in Deauville, France, in 1939.