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Victor Canning (* 16. Juni 1911 in Plymouth, Devon; † 21. Februar 1986 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire) war ein britischer Schriftsteller. Er schrieb Romane und Thriller. Seine große Zeit waren die 1950er bis 1970er Jahre. Seit seinem Tod 1986 ist er aus dem öffentlichen Bewusstsein weitgehend verschwunden. Er lebte ...
Victor Canning (16 June 1911 – 21 February 1986) was a prolific British writer of novels and thrillers who flourished in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was personally reticent, writing no memoirs and giving relatively few newspaper interviews.
Canning in 1938 with his dogs Polycarp and Abigail. These pages celebrate the work of Victor Canning (1911 - 1986), a writer of sixty-one books altogether, including one travel book, eighteen novels both comic and serious, four historical novels set in Roman and Arthurian Britain, three children's books, two short story collections (plus an ...
Born. in Plymouth, Devon, The United Kingdom. June 16, 1911. Died. February 21, 1986. Genre. History, Mystery & Thrillers. edit data. Victor Canning was a prolific writer of novels and thrillers who flourished in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, but whose reputation has faded since his death in 1986.
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Queen's Pawn is a 1969 thriller novel by the British writer Victor Canning. [1] [2] The title is a reference to the chess opening of the same name and the fact that much of the novel's action centres around the Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner. It was his first novel after finishing the Rex Carver series of spy adventures.
Fountain Inn is a 1939 mystery detective novel by the British writer Victor Canning. Canning had made his name with his comedy novels featuring Mr. Finchley. This was his first attempt at a thriller, but after the war he increasingly switched to writing thrillers.
Victor Canning has 143 books on Goodreads with 11135 ratings. Victor Canning’s most popular book is Mr Finchley Discovers His England (Mr Finchley, #1).
