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Dunant, Sarah

The writer, broadcaster and critic Sarah Dunant was born in London. She attended Godolphin and Latymer School and Newnham College, Cambridge, graduating with a first in history in 1973. She was also involved in theatre while at Cambridge. She was a radio producer at the BBC between 1974 and 1976. As of 1977 she is a freelance journalist and author. She has travelled extensively, primarily in...

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Gideon Fell

Gender: Male

The enormous Dr Fell, whose physical traits are modelled on G.K. Chesterton, is one of crime fiction’s foremost problem-solvers when it comes to ‘locked-room’ mysteries and other ‘impossible’ crimes. He also works on an ever-growing doctoral thesis about English drinking habits from bygone days, he likes his beer and is married – although his wife is only mentioned in a few of John Dickson Carr’s...

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