Title: Bulldog Drummond Author: Sapper (Herman Cyril McNeile) * A Project Gutenberg of Australia eBook * eBook No.: www.doorway.ru Language: English Date first posted: Jun Most recent update: Aug This eBook was produced by Roy Glashan. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British infantry officer in the first World War, finds postwar life as a civilian "incredibly tedious." So he places a classified ad in the newspaper offering his services to anyone who can promise him adventure. A beautiful young lady answers his ad with the story of two criminal masterminds blackmailing her father/5(10). Bulldog Drummond was one of the most popular fictional characters of the s and s. Bulldog Drummond, published in , was the book that launched the career of this gentleman crime-fighter and adventurer. In Bulldog Drummond we meet Captain Hugh Drummond, and he’s bored. Peacetime does not agree with him/5().
Sapper ( - ) 'Sapper', the pseudonym of Colonel. H.C. McNeile M.C. was one of the most popular English writers of thrillers between the two world wars. And Hugh (Bulldog) Drummond was his most popular leading character. This book, the first of the series, is of its time. Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, wealthy former officer of the Loamshire Regiment, dashing and strong (but not particularly handsome), places an advertisement in The Times expressing his desire for an adventure -- which arrives in the form of a reply from a young woman concerned for her father. Blackmailers, communist conspiracy, and foreign paymasters of the arch-villain Carl Peterson are encountered. Bulldog Drummond is a peculiar case. The reputation of the original novels is more maligned than even Sax Rohmer's Yellow Peril thrillers. To be sure, "Sapper" (the pseudonym of author H. C. McNeile) expressed views that stand out as offensive even among the common colonial prejudices of Edwardian England.
Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is a fictional character, created by H. C. McNeile and published under his pen name "Sapper". Following McNeile's death in , the novels were continued by Gerard Fairlie. Drummond is a First World War veteran who, fed up with his sedate lifestyle, advertises looking for excitement, and becomes a gentleman adventurer. The character has appeared in novels, short stories, on the stage, in films, on radio and television, and in graphic novels. Bull-dog Drummond (later Bulldog Drummond) was the first Bulldog Drummond novel. It was published in and written by H. C. McNeile under the pen name Sapper. The following year it was adapted into a play of the same title starring Gerald du Maurier. BULLDOG DRUMMOND by Sapper. Used; very good; paperback; Condition Very Good Seller. The Avocado Pit. Seller rating: This seller has earned a 5 of 5 Stars rating from.
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