Anniversaries, 1 November
Arthur Morrison
Arthur Morrison was one of Britain's best-known authors around the turn of the last century on account of his realistic portrayals of London's East End and his stories about the private detective Martin Hewitt.
Morrison was born in Poplar, a working-class district in London's East End. His father was an engine fitter. Morrison was ashamed of his background, and he later invented details about his childhood and parents. As a result, little is known about his early life except that he did...
Theme article
History of crime fiction
By: Johan Wopenka
Literary figure
David Audley
Gender: Male
He is a big man, looks like an academic, which he is too: David Audley has a Ph.D and is an historian specialising in the Middle Ages. He is also an analyst with the British counter intelligence services in a series of novels by Anthony Price. Already in the first book, Audley meets his future wife Faith. He finds it hard to obey orders and works more by intuition than with logic – but he s...