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Allen Andrews (author)

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Allen Andrews
Born25 April 1913
Greenwich, London, England
DiedSeptember 1985(1985-09-00) (aged 72)
London, England
OccupationAuthor
Period1959–1982
GenreHistory, fantasy

Allen Andrews (25 April 1913 – September 1985) was a British author. He was educated at Bancroft School and St John's College, Oxford, and served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He worked as a writer at several newspapers before starting a freelance career in 1957.[1] He became a historian who is the author of a number of fine British histories, biographies, and company histories as well. Many of his books have been translated into foreign languages.

Publications

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  • Proud Fortress: The Fighting Story of Gibraltar (1959)
  • Earthquake (1963)
  • The Mad Motorists: The Great Peking-Paris Race of '07 (1964)
  • Relax and sleep well (1965)
  • Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)
  • The Splendid Pauper (1968)
  • Prosecutor: The Life of M. P. Pugh, Prosecuting Solicitor and Agent for the Director of Public Prosecutions (1968)
  • Quotations for Speakers and Writers (1969)
  • Monte Carlo or Bust: Those Daring Young Men in Their Flying Jalopies (1969)
  • The Royal Whore: Barbara Villiers, Countess of Castlemaine (1970)
  • The Air Marshals (1970)
  • Intensive inquiries: Seven Chief Constables open CID files on their most Remarkable Murder Investigations (1973)
  • The Follies of King Edward VII (1975)
  • Kings and Queens of England and Scotland (1976)
  • The King who lost America (1976)
  • The Whiskey Barons (1977)
  • The Life of L. S. Lowry (1977)
  • Wonders of Victorian Engineering (1978)
  • Exemplary Justice (1978)
  • The Pig Plantagenet (1980)
  • Castle Crespin (1982)

Adaptations

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References

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  1. ^ "Allen Andrews". Bear Alley. Retrieved 4 August 2017.