Francis Leslie Ashton

Francis Leslie Ashton (24 June 1904 – July 1994) was a British writer known for his first novel Breaking of the Seals in 1946 and a kind of sequel Alas, That Great City from 1948. The two novels concern disasters involving objects orbiting the Earth in prehistoric times. In 1952 he co-wrote Wrong Side of the Moon, which concerns space travel.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 24, 1904
Birth place
Derbyshire , Chapel-en-le-Frith
Date of deathJanuary 01, 1994
Place of death
Cambridgeshire , Ely Cambridgeshire

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