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It is 116 years today since Ian Fleming was born.
Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English author and journalist born in London. He created James Bond, code name 007 – one of the most famous fictional spies of the 20th century known from a great number of books, films, radio plays etc., only a small number of which were in fact written by Fleming. Some were a great deal better, but none has had the same impact.
Fleming came from a wealthy and p...
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Kent, Hannah
1985 -
The Australian author Hannah Kent looks back on an idyllic childhood in Adelaide Hills. Together with her little sister,...
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Barnard, Robert
1936 - 2013
Robert Barnard was an English crime writer and scholar of international fame. He was born in Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. In...
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Herbert, James
1943 - 2013
James Herbert from England was one of the best-selling and most praised authors of horror fiction in the late 20th century....
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Hill, Susan
1942 -
Susan Hill is a British author. In 1961, she published the first of the over 50 works she has produced over her...
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