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Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 1

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Imperial fiction: Golden Age detection 1

Posted on 28 March 2020 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER reads some interwar detective novels by Agatha Christie and Margery Allingham. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Dr Nikola

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Imperial fiction: Dr Nikola

Posted on 3 November 2019 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER encounters Guy Boothby’s evil mastermind from the 1890s. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Alf’s Button

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Imperial fiction: Alf’s Button

Posted on 11 October 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER reads a 1919 comedy about the Genie of the Lamp in the trenches of WW1. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: The Secret Adversary

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Imperial fiction: The Secret Adversary

Posted on 19 August 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER enjoys Agatha Christie’s anti-communist action thriller. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Richard Hannay

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Imperial fiction: Richard Hannay

Posted on 16 June 2018 by Alwyn Turner • 2 Comments

ALWYN TURNER celebrates John Buchan’s most famous character. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Jim Maitland

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Imperial fiction: Jim Maitland

Posted on 21 March 2018 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER goes back to 1923 to read about Sapper’s other great hero. Continue reading →

‘As hearty as roast beef’: William Haggard

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‘As hearty as roast beef’: William Haggard

Posted on 26 November 2016 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER celebrates the work of Cold War thriller writer William Haggard. Continue reading →

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From Rous with love
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Imperial fiction: The Four Feathers
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The decline of the English fraudster
Imperial fiction: The Scarlet Pimpernel
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Revive 45: July 1975
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Rear-view review: The Day the Queen Flew to Scotland for the Grouse Shooting
A whisper to the wise

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