Wallace Breem (1926–1990) was a British librarian and author, the Librarian and Keeper of Manuscripts of the Inner Temple Law Library at his death, but perhaps more widely known for his historical novels, including the classic Eagle in the Snow (1970). Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... The Librarian, a 1556 painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo A librarian is an information professional trained in library science and information science: the organization and management of information and service to people with information needs. ... Combined coat of arms of the four Inns of Court. ... A historical novel a novel in which the story is set among historical events, or more generally, in which the time of the action predates the lifetime of the author. ... Eagle in the Snow (ISBN 1590710118) is a modern classic of historical fiction. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

At the age of 18, Breem entered the Indian Army’s Officers Training School, and in 1945 was commissioned as an officer of the Corps of Guides, an elite Cavalry detachment of the North West Frontier Force. The Indian Army in the time of the British Raj (1857–1947) See Indian Army for the post-independence (and post-partition) army of the Republic of India. ...

After the Partition of India in 1947, Breem returned to England and held a variety of jobs which included labourer in a tannery, assistant to a veterinary surgeon, and rent-collector in the East End of London. He eventually joined the library staff of the Inner Temple in London, in 1950.

Breem was a founder member of BIALL (British and Irish Association of Law Librarians), and at various times held the offices of Secretary, Treasurer, Chairman, Vice-President, and President in that organization.

Legacy

In 1990, BIALL inaugurated the Wallace Breem Award in his memory.

Non-fiction writings

Breem made many notable contributions to works of scholarship, including the Manual of Law Librarianship, the New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, and various papers, reports, articles, and Standards.

• A Sketch of the Inner Temple Library
• Bibliography of Commonwealth Law Reports (with Sally Phillips, Mansell 1991)

Novels

• Eagle in the Snow (Gollancz 1970, Sphere 1971), republished 2002, 2003, 2004.
• The Legate’s Daughter (Arrow Books 1975), republished 2004.
• The Leopard and the Cliff (St. Martin's Press 1978).

Eagle in the Snow (ISBN 1590710118) is a modern classic of historical fiction. ...

External links

• Photograph of Wallace Breem
• Wallace Breem – some biographical notes