D. O. Spettigue discovered Grove's identity behind a web of fiction in October 1971 in the British Museum. Uncovering Grove's prison incarceration in Germany, Spettigue published his findings in his 1973 book "FPG: The European Years". This monograph was followed by Paul I. Hjartarson's volume of essays, "A Stranger to My Life", and prompted the translation of Grove's German fiction into English, "Fanny Essler", and "The Master Mason’s House", both closely based on the life of Grove's first wife Elsa Plötz (aka The Baroness). Desmond Pacey edited "The Letters of F.P. Grove" in addition to publishing a monograph, "Frederick Philip Grove", while Margaret Stobie explored Grove's teaching years in Manitoba in her book, "Frederick Philip Grove".