Youngman Carter (1904–1969)
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- Autres noms
- Carter, Youngman
Gulley, George - Date de naissance
- 1904-09-26
- Date de décès
- 1969-11-30
- Lieu de sépulture
- Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, England
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Watford, England, UK
London, England, UK
Essex, England, UK - Études
- Bluecoat School, Christ's Hospital, hear Horsham
Regent Street Polytechnic (Art | 1921) - Professions
- graphic artist
military officer
journalist
novelist - Relations
- Allingham, Margery (wife)
- Organisations
- Garrick Club, London, England, UK
- Courte biographie
- He was the husband of Margery Allingham.
As an artist, he designed over 2000 book wrappers (covers).
He used the pseudonym George Gulley while working at 'The Tatler'.
Mr. Carter was a keen cricketer.
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- 11
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- 3
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- 856
- Popularité
- #29,896
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 9
- ISBN
- 40
- Langues
- 2
Campion is called upon by an old friend to help locate a man who has suddenly disappeared, a Mr. Makepeace. Makepeace is well respected for his geographical knowledge of oil sources around the world. He has worked for Omega Oil for a long time and Omega is afraid Makepeace may be considering selling his knowledge to a competitor.
A Mr. Porteous is searching for something a Mr. Matthews, and Porteous is a man who gets what he sets out to get. His methods are not gentlemanly. But Mr. Matthews has suddenly died and Miss Anthea Peregrine is now handling Matthews’ affairs. She also finds she must deal with Porteous.
As Campion goes about unravelling Makepeace’s disappearance, he find there is much more than oil secrets involved and missing persons. There is a question of relationships between Makepeace, Matthews and Porteous. There are double agents, murder, and kidnapping. It isn’t a simple last case.
With multiple threads going on, it can be quite a tangle to undo. Campion may seem laid back and maybe a bit slow, but that is just a front. He checks each possible lead — good ones and dead ends — until he can finally weave a solid solution to the mystery and the parties involved.… (plus d'informations)