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It is 113 years today since Victor Canning was born.
Victor Canning was a British author of humorous adventure stories and thrillers. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. At the outbreak of the First World War, while his father was doing his military service, he went with his mother and siblings to live with his uncle in Calstock, a few miles north of Plymouth. This was where Canning fell in love with the English countryside, which features prominently...
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Moorcock, Michael
1939 -
The British author, editor and musician Michael John Moorcock is something of a phenomenon. He began his career as the...
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Cole, Martina
1959 -
Martina Cole is one best-selling British authors of the 21st century; according to the mass media, only Harry Potter’s c...
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DeMille, Nelson
1943 -
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Roberts, Nora
1950 -
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