Len Ortzen

Life

Works

Translations

• The Sleep of the Just by Mouloud Mammeri. London: Cresset Press, 1956.
• Twenty-Five Centuries of Sea Warfare by Jacques Mordal, London: Souvenir, 1959.
• Ten Steps to Hope by Rémy. London: Arthur Barker, 1960.
• Princes of Monaco: the remarkable history of the Grimaldi family by Françoise de Bernardy. London: A. Barker, 1961.
• Napoleon's Mother by Alain Decaux. London: Cresset Press, 1962.
• The Executioners: a history of the Sanson family, public executioners in France from 1688 to 1847 by Robert Christophe. London: Cresset Press, 1962.
• Toujours Bernardette by Cécil Saint-Laurent. London: Arthur Barker, 1963.
• Lonely victory: Atlantic race 1964 by Eric Tabarly. London: Souvenir, 1964.
• Napoleon on Elba by Robert Christophe. London: Macdonald, 1964.
• The Secrets of D-Day by Gilles Perrault. London: Arthur Baker, 1964.
• Where Goldfish Go: a novel by Claude Cattaert. London: Phoenix House, 1965.
• Enrico Fermi: The man and his theories by Pierre de Latil. Edited by Jacques Ahrweiler. London: Souvenir Press, 1965.
• The Great Days of the Cape Horners by Yves Le Scal. London: Souvenir Press, 1966.
• Augustus and Nero: The secret of empire by Gilbert Charles-Picard. London: Phoenix House, 1966.
• Peoples, seas and ships in the ancient world by Zvi Herman. London: Phoenix House, 1966.
• Master water ski-ing by Gérald Maurois and Maxime Vazeille. London: Souvenir Press, 1966.
• The Bugatti story by L'Ebé Bugatti. London: Souvenir Press, 1967.
• The hunt for German scientists, 1946-60 by Michael Bar-Zohar. London: Arthur Barker, 1967.
• The Armed Prophet: a biography of Ben Gurion by Michael Bar-Zohar. London: Arthur Barker, 1967.
• Sapphira by Jacques Gall and François Gall. London: Souvenir Press, 1967.
• The Red Orchestra by Gilles Perrault. London: Barker, 1968.
• The Tangled Web by Philippe Ganier-Raymond, London: Arthur Barker, 1968.
• The Avengers by Michael Bar-Zohar, London: Arthur Barker, 1968.
• Hunters of the Arctic by Roger Frison-Roche. London: Souvenir Press, 1969.
• North African writing. London, etc.: Heinemann Educational Books, 1970. African Writers Series, no. 73.
• The Way to the Sun by Robert Beylen. Boston: Little, Brown, 1971.
• Heirs to the past by Driss Chraïbi. London: Heinemann, 1971. African Writers Series, no. 79.
• Pen Duick by Eric Tabarly. London: Coles, 1971.
• Panjamon by Jean Yves Domalain. London: Rupert Hart-Davis, 1972.
• The second death of Ramón Mercader by Jorge Semprún. London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973.
• Tribal scars, and other stories by Sembene Ousmane. London, etc.: Heinemann, 1974. African Writers Series, no. 142.
• Riders of the wind by Hans G. Kresse. London: Methuen, 1975.
• Masters of thunder by Hans G. Kresse. London: Methuen, 1975.

  Other

• Down Donkey Row, London: Cresset Press, 1938.
• The Two Husbands, London, 1939.
• Rue de Paris, London, 1939.
• The Gallic Land: Country life in France, London: Phoenix House, 1952.
• Our Guests Paid in Francs, London, 1953.
• Just Across the Channel, London: Phoenix House, 1954.
• Your Guide to the Loire Valley, London: Alvin Redman, 1968.
• Stories of famous disasters at sea, London: Barker, 1969.
• Famous lifeboat rescues, London: Barker, 1971.
• Famous Arctic adventures, London: Barker, 1972.
• Stories of famous submarines, London: Barker, 1973.
• Stories of famous sea raiders, London: Barker, 1973.
• Imperial Venus: the story of Pauline Bonaparte-Borghese, London: Constable, 1974.
• Stories of famous shipwrecks, London: Barker, 1974.
• Stories of great exploration, London: Barker, 1975.
• Stories of famous survivals, London: Barker, 1975.
• Guns at sea: the world's great naval battles, London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1976. Foreword by Ludovic Kennedy.
• Strange mysteries of the sea, London: Barker, 1976.
• Strange stories of UFOs, London: A. Barker, 1977.
• Stories of famous fighting ships. Vol. 1, In the days of steam, London: A. Barker, 1978.
• Fighting ships in the age of steam, London: A. Barker, 1978.
• Famous stories of the Resistance. London: A. Barker, 1979.