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Childers, Erskine

The British author Robert Erskine Childers (not to be confused with his son Erskine Hamilton Childers, the fourth president of Ireland) was a famous and feared advocate of Irish independence in the early 20th century who was executed for being in possession of illegal arms. Apart from several non-fiction books, he was the author of The Riddle of the Sands (1903), considered as one of the best...

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William Meredith

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A conscientious murder investigator who solves cases in various parts of England in a suite of detective stories by John Bude (pseudonym for Ernest Elmore). William Meredith is a patient gentleman, open for tips about possible alternative solutions; he listens carefully to what colleagues – ranging from village constables to chief constables – say. He is of normal build, with an everyday but sym...

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