Victor Wallace Germains

Victor Wallace Germains (8 May 1888 – 1974) was an English writer. He wrote several books on the military and foreign policy, including on Kitchener and Churchill.

Germains was born in the Fulham district of London, the son of inventor Aaron Simon "Adolph" Zalkin Germains, a Jewish emigrant from the Russian Empire. His mother was Emma Annie Levetus of Birmingham, daughter of a Moldavian Jewish emigrant, and sister of the writer Amelia Sarah Levetus.

In 1954, Germains wrote ''Crusoe Warburton'', a lost world novel.

During World War I, Germains served as a spy in Austria.

He died in 1974 in South Africa. Provided by Wikipedia