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Portrait image of A.A. Milne Photo: Howard Coster/Bob Thomas/Popperfoto/Getty Images (1926)

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Milne, A.A.

English writer, poet and journalist who became world famous for having created one of the most beloved figures in children’s books: Winnie-the-Pooh (Nalle Puh in Swedish). A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne was born in London, where he grew up and started his schooling at Westminster School 1893–1900. He continued at Trinity College in Cambridge where he was the editor of the student magazine Granta in 1...

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Dolly Rawlins

Gender: Female

Her husband, Harry, was a successful leader for a gang of robbers, who according to the police were wiped out in a failed robbery. Dolly Rawlins, middle-aged, elegant, with sand-coloured hair and a lovely figure, took over his activities together with the other widows of the gang members. Together, they carry out successful robberies in books (and TV-series) by Lynda La Plante, but things don’t a...

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