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Julian Osgood Field (1852–1925) was an American socialite and writer. He was born on 23 April 1852, son of Maunsell Bradhurst Field (1822–75), who was an official of the US Treasury under Lincoln, and Julia Field (née Stanton).〔Date and parentage recovered from the Latter-Day Saints' genealogical website, () . Previous versions of this article have given the birthdate as 1849 (no source stated).〕 Educated in England, he lived largely in London and Paris and became an intimate of the future King Edward VII of Great Britain. Field used the pseudonym X.L. (or Sigma) to write decadent horror fiction. He is also famous for involving Lady Ida Sitwell, mother of Osbert Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell and Edith Sitwell in a financial scandal in 1912 which led to her imprisonment for debt. ==Fiction bibliography== *1893 "A Kiss of Judas" published in ''The Pall Mall Magazine'', July 1893 reprinted in ''Vampyres: Lord Byron to Count Dracula'', ed. Christopher Frayling (London: Faber, 1991) *1893 "The Luck of the Devil" published in ''The Pall Mall Magazine'', October 1893 *1894 ''Aut Diabolus Aut Nihil and Other Tales'' (London: Methuen & Co.) *1898 ''With All the Powders of the Merchant'' published in ''The Pall Mall Magazine'', September to December 1898 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Julian Osgood Field」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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