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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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![Portrait image of Eric Ambler](images/writer/50/6197862993aee1be23c4d40bafbfd9b2da2f1535c0e68.jpg)
Ambler, Eric
1909 - 1998
Eric Clifford Ambler was a British author and playwright born in London. His parents were music hall artists, and at the...
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Hodgson, William Hope
1877 - 1918
William Hope Hodgson was the son of an Anglican priest who grew up in England and Ireland alongside his eleven sisters and...
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Crichton, Michael
1942 - 2008
The American author, physician, director and teacher John Michael Crichton was a remarkable person for several reasons: he...
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Vidocq, Eugène François
1775 - 1857
Few people have had a life and a professional career to match that of the criminal, police officer, criminologist and...
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