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Also Known As Eric Robert Linklater
Born March 8, 1899 • Penarth • Wales
Died November 7, 1974 (aged 75) • Aberdeen • Scotland
Notable Works “Private Angelo” • “The Voyage of the Challenger”
Sylvia Townsend Warner
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Sean O’Faolain
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C.S. Lewis
C.S. Lewis
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Arthur Conan Doyle
Arthur Conan Doyle
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Martin Amis
Martin Amis
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Sir Stephen Spender
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Novelist Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark
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Frederick Forsyth
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A.A. Milne
A.A. Milne
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Harriet Martineau, detail of an engraving
Harriet Martineau
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H. Rider Haggard, caricature by “Spy” (pseudonym of Leslie Ward) for Vanity Fair, 1905.
Sir H. Rider Haggard
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Elizabeth Mavor
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Robin Maugham
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Ronald Duncan
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Sheila Kaye-Smith
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Aldiss, Brian W.
Brian W. Aldiss
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Mary de la Riviere Manley
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Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
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Mario Vargas Llosa
Mario Vargas Llosa
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Michael Ignatieff
Michael Ignatieff
Canadian political leader