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Sample of authors
Forsyth, Frederick
Frederick Forsyth is a major author of political thrillers. He was born in Ashford, Kent, England, as the only child in a family of furriers. He became interested in books as a young child and attended Tonbridge School, a public school where he showed a great gift for languages, and he dreamed of becoming a journalist, preferably foreign correspondent. Aviation was another major interest, and...
Literary figures
Bulldog (Hugh) Drummond [2]
Gender: Male
When Sapper (pseudonym for H.C. McNeile) died, his good friend Gerard Fairlie took over his hero Hugh ‘Bulldog’ Drummond and continued to write about him. But the Bulldog the readers meet in Fairlie’s books differs significantly from Sapper’s version. He is the same character, with the same background and social contacts, but is considerably more sympathetic since his strongly nationalist and raci...