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Morrison, Arthur

Arthur Morrison was one of Britain's best-known authors around the turn of the last century on account of his realistic portrayals of London's East End and his stories about the private detective Martin Hewitt.
Morrison was born in Poplar, a working-class district in London's East End. His father was an engine fitter. Morrison was ashamed of his background, and he later invented details about...

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Liam Devlin

Gender: Male

In the 1940s, he was a hero in Ireland who fought for the IRA, but later became a freelance professional murderer and, for example, helps the German nazis and even later the British secret services. He also became a mentor for Sean Dillon, another of author Jack Higgins’ (pseudonym for Henry Patterson) literary agents. Liam Devlin is a short man, very lively, and has black hair and blue eyes.

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