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Sample of authors
Ludlum, Robert
The American thriller writer, theatre producer and actor Robert Ludlum were born in New York, but his family moved to New Jersey when he was just a baby and it was there he grew up. His father was a business man and the young son received an education at private schools across Connecticut: Rectory School in Pomfret, Kent School in Kent, Chesire Academy in Chesire and Wesleyan University in...
Literary figures
Edward Leithen
Gender: Male
A Scottish lawyer and Conservative member of parliament, as well as a devoted fly-fisherman, the main character in a suite of crime adventures by John Buchan. Sir Edward Leithen is a stylish man and moves in the best of circles, but falls ill with tuberculosis. He does, however, take on a final case, and travels to Canada where he solves the problem and before he dies also helps a native tribe...