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It is 113 years today since Victor Canning was born.
Victor Canning was a British author of humorous adventure stories and thrillers. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. At the outbreak of the First World War, while his father was doing his military service, he went with his mother and siblings to live with his uncle in Calstock, a few miles north of Plymouth. This was where Canning fell in love with the English countryside, which features prominently...
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Thomas, Leslie
1931 - 2014
The Welsh author Leslie Thomas was born in Newport, South Wales. He is one of the most popular British late 20th century...
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Brodrick, William
1960 -
The British crime writer William Brodrick was born in Bolton, Lancashire, but when he was eleven years old the family...
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Morrison, Arthur
1863 - 1945
Arthur Morrison was one of Britain's best-known authors around the turn of the last century on account of his realistic...
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Collins, Wilkie
1824 - 1889
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