Aylmer Hall

Aylmer Hall
Born
Norah Eleanor Lyle Cummins

(1914-04-24)24 April 1914
Died14 June 1987(1987-06-14) (aged 73)
NationalityBritish
Occupationauthor
SpouseRobert Aylmer Hall

Aylmer Hall was the pen name of Norah Eleanor Lyle Cummins[1] (born 24 April 1914).[2] She was the author of adventure stories for children written in the 1950s and 1960s. Her book The Tyrant King - A London Adventure was published by London Transport in 1967 with illustrations by Peter Roberson. The book inspired the TV series of the same name, directed by Mike Hodges.[3]

  1. ^ Adrian Room (1 July 2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. p. 217. ISBN 978-0-7864-5763-2.
  2. ^ "Norah Eleanor Lyle Cummins". The Peerage. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  3. ^ "The Tyrant King". Network. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.