Home › Authors › W. P. Drury 👤 W. P. Drury b. 1861 โ d. 1949 ยท 6 books Biography Lieutenant-Colonel William Price Drury, CBE (8 November 1861 โ 21 January 1949) was a Royal Marine Light Infantry officer, novelist and playwright. He served as Mayor of Saltash from 1929 to 1931. Books by W. P. Drury History calling! History calling! 1927 In many parts memoirs of a marine 1926 A king's hard bargain A king's hard bargain 1924 The playwright 1924 The peradventures of Private Pagett 1915 The tadpole of an archangel ; The tadpole of an archangel ; The petrified eye 1904