The Root and the Flower

Leopold Hamilton Myers (1881-1944), known as Leo Myers or L.H. Myers, was a British novelist born in Cambridge to writer Frederic Myers and photographer Eveleen Tennant. Best known for his tetralogy The Root and the Flower set in 16th-century India, exploring spiritual and philosophical themes, he won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1935 and the Femina-Vie Heureuse Prize in 1936, and was associated with the Bloomsbury Group periphery. Read more →