Flyleaf Notes
"The author of The Governor's Lady is a novelist, playwright, and film producer whose work is known to millions throughout the world.
He was educated at King's College in the University of London, where he studied History, has lectured at a number of universities, and has broadcast in many countries.
His extensive travels include a journey to Tibet on horseback across the Himalayas. He was attached to the staff of the Duke of Connaught for the opening of India's first Parliament, and was the first to fly across India in a plane that arrived in a packing case. He has been to Malaya, most of the countries of Europe, and the United States of America, where he worked in a film studio in Hollywood.
As a journalist he was Editor of Everybody's, The Sunday Referee and The Strand Magazine, to which some of the most famous writers of our time contributed. The films he produced include The Wicked Lady, Madonna of the Seven Moons, The Magic Bow and the most artistic of them all, A Place of One's Own, for which Rex Whistler designed the settings. Among the many well-known stars who appeared in his pictures are Ronald Coleman, Loretta Young, James Mason and Margaret Lockwood.
Of Minney's plays, Clive of India ‎(written with W P Lipscomb)‎ ran for over a year in London and was later filmed. He is also the author of Gentle Ceaser, which he wrote in collaboration with Sir Osbert Sitwell. His last novel was Bring Out the Drum."

Flyleaf Notes
R J Minney is an accomplished novelist, biographer, playwright and film producer. Educated at King's College, London, where he studied History, he has lectured in a number of universities and has broadcast in many countries.
His extensive travels include a journey to Tibet on horseback across the Himalayas. He was the first to fly across India in a plane that arrived in a packing case, and has been to Japan, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaya, East Africa, Morocco, Egypt, the Middle East, Russia, South America, Turkey and most of the countries in Europe. He spent some time in the USA working in a film studio in Hollywood and later wrote scripts and produced films for the Rank Organisation in London.
As a journalist he was editor of Everybody's, Sunday Referee and Strand Magazine. The films he produced include The Wicked Lady, Madonna of the Seven Moons,Terence Rattigan's The Final Test and A Place of One's Own, for which Rex Whistler designed the sets. Minney is also the author of Gentle Caesar, about Tsar Nicholas II, which he wrote in collaberation with Sir Osbert Sitwell, and Clive of India, a biography, play and film, in which Ronald Coleman and Loretta Young starred. Winston Churchill praised the play in a long article in the London Daily Mail.
His more than thirty books include a study of Charlie Chaplin's life work entitled Chaplin - The Immortal Tramp and Carve Her Name With Pride, the work of Violette Szabo who was posthumously awarded the George Cross, also filmed.