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Barnard, Robert

Robert Barnard was an English crime writer and scholar of international fame. He was born in Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. In 1956, he went up to Oxford to read literature, possibly encouraged by his father who wrote unremarkable romances and young adult books. After graduating in 1959, Barnard taught at university in Australia 1961–1966. He married Louise Tabor there in 1963. They were making p...

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Bulldog (Hugh) Drummond [1]

Gender: Male

With his hero, the English writer Sapper (pseudonym for H.C. McNeile) created one of the most criticized figures in crime fiction. Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond is a rich war veteran and adventurer, terribly good at everything from shooting to poker. He is also a conservative arch-nationalist with racist as well as fascist ideas. He surrounds himself with a crowd of jolly friends and his wife Phyllis Be...

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