Sample of authors
Oppenheim, E. Phillips
The British author E. (Edward) Phillips Oppenheim achieved great international successes during the first half of the 20th century, and was called ‘the prince of story-tellers’. He wrote in several popular-literature genres, mainly spy and crime stories, but also science fiction, adventure stories and romance. He was born in London, but grew up in the city of Leicester where his father ran a lea...
Literary figures
Dolly Rawlins
Gender: Female
Her husband, Harry, was a successful leader for a gang of robbers, who according to the police were wiped out in a failed robbery. Dolly Rawlins, middle-aged, elegant, with sand-coloured hair and a lovely figure, took over his activities together with the other widows of the gang members. Together, they carry out successful robberies in books (and TV-series) by Lynda La Plante, but things don’t a...