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Edgar Wallace

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Robert Maskell

Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace was born on the 1st April 1875 in Greenwich, London. Leaving school at 12 because of truancy, by the age of fifteen he had experience; selling newspapers, as a worker in a rubber factory, as a shoe shop assistant, as a milk delivery boy and as a ship’s cook.By 1894 he was engaged but broke it off to join the Infantry being posted to South Africa. He also changed his name to Edgar Wallace which he took from Lew Wallace, the author of Ben-Hur.In ...

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Max Beerbohm

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Robert Maskell

Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm was born on 24th August 1872 in Kensington, London.Beerbohm was educated at Charterhouse School and Merton College, Oxford and by now was already writing and drawing to a professional standard.By 1894, having developed his personality as a dandy and humorist, and a rising star in English letters, he left Oxford without a degree but began to publish, initially in the Yellow Book.Having been interviewed by George Bernard Shaw in 189...

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Christian Wolmar

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Robert Maskell

A fascinating journey through the history of railways, packed with first-hand accounts of innovation, triumph, and tragedy.From the earliest steam engine to the high-speed bullet trains of today, A Short History of the Railway reveals the hidden stories of railway history across the world - the inspired engineering; the blood, sweat, and tears that went into the construction of the tracks; the ground-breaking innovations behind the trains that travelled along them;...

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Ricardo Fernandez Garcia

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Robert Maskell

The bookshelves of World literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From their countries and continents their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Ricardo Fernandez Garcia.

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Leo Tolstoy

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Robert Maskell

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Russian province of Tula to a wealthy noble family. As a child, he had private tutors but he showed little interest in any formal education. When he went to the University of Kazan in 1843 to study oriental languages and law, he left without completing his courses. Life now was relaxed and idle but with some writing also taking place. Gambling debts forced an abrupt change of path and he joined the army to fight in the Crimean War. He was commended for h...

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Leo Tolstoy

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Robert Maskell

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Russian province of Tula to a wealthy noble family. As a child, he had private tutors but he showed little interest in any formal education. When he went to the University of Kazan in 1843 to study oriental languages and law, he left without completing his courses. Life now was relaxed and idle but with some writing also taking place. Gambling debts forced an abrupt change of path and he joined the army to fight in the Crimean War. He was commended for h...

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John Oakum

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Robert Maskell

The bookshelves of British literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From these Isles their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is CJohn Oakum.

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Ömer Seyfettin

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Robert Maskell

The bookshelves of World literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From their countries and continents their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Ömer Seyfettin.

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Alun Lewis

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Robert Maskell

Alun Lewis was born on the 1st July 1915 in Cwmaman in South Wales.He studied history at Aberystwyth and Manchester Universities before beginning a career as a teacher.In 1940, despite his pacifism, he enlisted to serve in the Royal Engineers and later received a commission in the South Wales Borderers.His first poetry collection ‘Raider’s Dawn’ was published in 1942 as was his short story collection ‘The Last Inspection’. Both brought him critical acclaim and an ad...

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Anna Wahlenberg

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Robert Maskell

The bookshelves of European literature are incredible collections that have gathered together centuries of very talented authors. From this continent their fame spread and whilst among their number many are now forgotten or neglected their talents endure. Among them is Anna Wahlenberg.

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Leo Tolstoy

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Robert Maskell

Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Russian province of Tula to a wealthy noble family. As a child, he had private tutors but he showed little interest in any formal education. When he went to the University of Kazan in 1843 to study oriental languages and law, he left without completing his courses. Life now was relaxed and idle but with some writing also taking place. Gambling debts forced an abrupt change of path and he joined the army to fight in the Crimean War. He was commended for h...

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Rainer Maria Rilke

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Robert Maskell

René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke was born into a troubled marriage on the 4th December 1875 in Prague, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His mother, having previously lost a baby girl, would dress the young boy up in girl’s clothing.Later his father dispatched him to a military academy at age 10 but after a miserable 5 years the young Rilke left due to illness and instead entered first Prague and then Munich and finally Berlin university to study art history, phil...