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Bodkin, M. McDonnell

Matthias McDonnell Bodkin was an Irish barrister, journalist, Irish nationalist and Member of Parliament. He is best known for his autobiography and for creating a family of fictional detectives that consist of Paul Beck, his wife Dora Myrl and their son who is also called Paul Beck.
Bodkin was born to a devoutly Catholic family in Galway, Ireland. His father was a physician. Bodkin studied law...

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Bony (Napoleon) Bonaparte

Gender: Male

He is a well-educated son of an unknown white father, while his mother was an aborigine. The son has inherited his sense for tracking from his mother’s people, and is a successful police officer in Australia, which is described in books by Arthur W. Upfield. Napoleon Bonaparte (christened at a children’s home) called Bony, is slim, with blue eyes, dark hair and light brown skin. He is married to M...

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