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Ludlum, Robert

The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New Jersey when he was just a baby and it was there he grew up. His father was a business man and the young son received an education at private schools across Connecticut: Rectory School in Pomfret, Kent School in Kent, Chesire Academy in Chesire and Wesleyan University in...

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Albert Campion

Gender: Male

Campion is an English amateur detective with an obscure past. He is an aristocrat, clearly associated with royalty, and he is well respected despite his dull personality. He is arrogant and a bit of a snob in the early books by Margery Allingham, but he soon develops into a multi-faceted, sympathetic person who solves murder using his great understanding of human nature.

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