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Demobilised officer, finding peace incredibly tedious would
welcome diversion. Legitimate if possible; but crime, of a
comparatively humorous description, no objection. Excitement
essential.
Bulldog Drummond was the original daredevil adventurer who, with
his various friends, made it their mission to fight all enemies of
Britain in the uncertain years following the First World War.
Fearless, resourceful and debonair, Drummond could easily have been
the father of James Bond. In the first four novels of the series,
Bulldog Drummond, The Black Gang, The Third Round, The Final Count,
all of which are contained within this volume, Hugh Drummond finds
himself pitting his wits again Carl Peterson, a criminal genius
with an insatiable passion for power and world domination. He has
the great facility of disguise and his chameleon appearances are
one of the joys of these thrilling tales. Peterson s constant
companion is the sinister but beautiful Irma.
The Drummond books are exciting page-turning adventures for grown
up boys and girls.
About the Author
'Sapper' is the pen name of Herman Cyril McNeile, born in 1888 at
the Naval Prison in Bodmin, Cornwall, where his father was
Governor. He served in the Royal Engineers (popularly known as
'sappers') from 1907-19, being awarded the Military Cross during
World War 1. He started writing in France, adopting thepen name
because serving officers were not allowed to write under their own
names. When his first stories, about life in the trenches, were
published in 1915 they were an enormous success. But it was his
first thriller, Bulldog Drummond (1920) that launched him as one of
the most popular novelists of his generation. It had several
amazingly successful sequels, including The Black Gang, The Third
Round and The Final Count. Another great success was Jim Maitland
(1923), featuring a footloose English sahib in foreign lands.
Sapper published nearly thirty books in total, and a vast public
mourned his death when he died in 1937, at the early age of
forty-eight. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback
edition.
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