Peter O'Donnell (1920–2010)
Autor de Modesty Blaise
Sobre El Autor
Peter O'Donnell was born in London on April 11, 1920. During World War II, he served in a signal regiment in the British Army, assigned to France, Persia (now Iran), Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Italy and Greece. He began drawing comic strips for children as a teenager, and after the war he wrote a mostrar más number of different strips including Dr. No, Garth, and Romeo Brown on a freelance basis. He created the Modesty Blaise comic strip, which was published in The London Evening Standard from 1963 to 2001. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 20 Modesty Blaise novels including Sabre-Tooth, A Taste for Death and The Night of the Morningstar, two short stories collections, and a play entitled Mr. Fothergill's Murder. He wrote a series of 19th-century romance novels under the pseudonym Madeleine Brent. He also wrote for television, film, women's magazines and children's papers. He died on May 3, 2010 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Nota de desambiguación:
(eng) Peter O'Donnell also wrote as Madeleine Brent.
Créditos de la imagen: Peter O'Donnell = Madeleine Brent
Obras de Peter O'Donnell
The Dark Angels [short story] 4 copias
Old Alex [short story] 2 copias
Agentti X9 Nro 1 2 copias
Wild Boar [Strip] 2 copias
Highland Witch [Strip] 2 copias
Death Trap [Strip] 2 copias
Glädjedödaren, En God Gärning 2 copias
The Giggle-Wrecker [short story] 2 copias
Idaho George [Strip] 2 copias
Yellowstone Booty [Strip] 2 copias
Butch Cassidy Rides Again [Strip] 2 copias
The Vampire Of Malvescu [Strip] 2 copias
Modesty Blaise hopeajumalatar 1 copia
Lady In The Dark [Strip] 1 copia
Agent X9 Specialalbum 1996 1 copia
Agent X9 Specialalbum 2014 1 copia
The Zombie [Strip] 1 copia
The Killing Game [Strip] 1 copia
The Last Aristocrat [Strip] 1 copia
The Death Symbol [Strip] 1 copia
The Children Of Lucifer [Strip] 1 copia
Mister Sun [Strip] 1 copia
The Green-eyed Monster [Strip] 1 copia
The Inca Trail [Strip] 1 copia
In The Beginning [Strip] 1 copia
The Lady Killers [Strip] 1 copia
The Dark Angels [strip] 1 copia
Cry Wolf [Strip] 1 copia
The Gallows Bird [Strip] 1 copia
Modesty Blaise Sabre-Tooth 1 copia
The Special Orders [Strip] 1 copia
Cobra Trap [short story] 1 copia
Green Cobra [Strip] 1 copia
The Million Dollar Game [Strip] 1 copia
The Hell Makers [Strip] 1 copia
Bad Suki [Strip] 1 copia
The Gabriel Set-up [Strip] 1 copia
The Night of Morning Star 1 copia
Romeo Brown The Arabian Knight 1 copia
Live Bait [Strip] 1 copia
The Hanging Judge [Strip] 1 copia
The Iron God [Strip] 1 copia
Tribute Of The Pharaoh [Strip] 1 copia
The Modesty Blaise Companion 1 copia
Agentti X9 Nro 2 1 copia
Agentti X9 Nro 3 1 copia
La Machine [Strip] 1 copia
The Long Lever [Strip] 1 copia
The Mind Of Mrs Drake [Strip] 1 copia
Uncle Happy [Strip] 1 copia
Top Traitor [Strip] 1 copia
The Vikings [Strip] 1 copia
The Head Girls [Strip] 1 copia
The Black Pearl [Strip] 1 copia
Salamander Four [short story] 1 copia
The Jericho Caper [Strip] 1 copia
Tvilsom arv 1 copia
La marque du Loup 1 copia
Tregaron's Daughter (abridged) 1 copia
Det br̲jade i Venedig 1 copia
Arvingen 1 copia
Moonraker 1 copia
A pillangós lány 1 copia
COMOARA BLESTEMATA 1 copia
Il tempo della fortuna 1 copia
Modesty Blaise - secondo volume 1 copia
Modesty Blaise - volume terzo 1 copia
Modesty Blaise - Volume 4 1 copia
Modesty Blaise - volume 5 1 copia
Modesty Blaise - Volume 6 1 copia
Those About to Die 1 copia
The Magnified Man [Strip] 1 copia
The Galley Slaves [Strip] 1 copia
Fraser's Story [Strip] 1 copia
Ivory Dancer [Strip] 1 copia
Plato's Republic [Strip] 1 copia
The Sword Of The Bruce [Strip] 1 copia
The Double Agent [Strip] 1 copia
Samantha And The Cherub [Strip] 1 copia
Milord [Strip] 1 copia
The Girl From The Future [Strip] 1 copia
The Big Mole [Strip] 1 copia
Fiona [Strip] 1 copia
Walkabout [Strip] 1 copia
The Young Mistress [Strip] 1 copia
Our Friend Maude [Strip] 1 copia
The Alternative Man [Strip] 1 copia
The Grim Joker [Strip] 1 copia
Guido The Jinx [Strip] 1 copia
The Killing Distance [Strip] 1 copia
The Aristo [Strip] 1 copia
Ripper Jax [Strip] 1 copia
Maori Contract [Strip] 1 copia
Honeygun [Strip] 1 copia
Durango [Strip] 1 copia
The Murder Frame [Strip] 1 copia
Sweet Caroline [Strip] 1 copia
Death In Slow Motion [Strip] 1 copia
The Killing Ground [Strip] 1 copia
The Red Gryphon [Strip] 1 copia
Take-over [Strip] 1 copia
The War-lords Of Phoenix [Strip] 1 copia
Willie The Djinn [Strip] 1 copia
Death Of A Jester [Strip] 1 copia
The Stone Age Caper [Strip] 1 copia
The Puppet Master [Strip] 1 copia
With Love From Rufus [Strip] 1 copia
The Bluebeard Affair [Strip] 1 copia
The Wicked Gnomes [Strip] 1 copia
Take Me To Your Leader [Strip] 1 copia
The Greenwood Maid [Strip] 1 copia
The Balloonatic [Strip] 1 copia
Those About To Die [Strip] 1 copia
The Vanishing Dollybirds [Strip] 1 copia
The Junk-men [Strip] 1 copia
The Golden Frog [Strip] 1 copia
Eve And Adam [Strip] 1 copia
Brethren Of Blaise [Strip] 1 copia
Dossier On Pluto [Strip] 1 copia
Garvin's Travels [Strip] 1 copia
The Scarlet Maiden [Strip] 1 copia
The Moonman [Strip] 1 copia
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Reader's Digest Condensed Books: Nop's Trials • The Fourth Protocol • The Canyon • Stormswift (1984) 6 copias
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Het Beste Boek 125: Bloot voor de dokter / Koud is de zee / Geschenk van een ezel / Stormwind (1986) 2 copias
Comics 8 — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- O'Donnell, Peter
- Nombre legal
- O'Donnell, Peter
- Otros nombres
- Brent, Madeleine
O'Donnell, Peter - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1920-11-14
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2010-05-03
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- London, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- London, England, UK
- Aviso de desambiguación
- Peter O'Donnell also wrote as Madeleine Brent.
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- Obras
- 312
- También por
- 18
- Miembros
- 7,295
- Popularidad
- #3,352
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 206
- ISBNs
- 513
- Idiomas
- 11
- Favorito
- 14
It’s a romantic adventure story about young Lucy, abandoned in an orphanage in China, who finds herself sucked into a bizarre English feud between two neighbouring families over lost Chinese treasure. There are some vey effective fish-out-of-water moments for Lucy when she first arrives in England. The plot twists are pretty absurd, as hidden relatives turn up everywhere and Lucy returns to China to skip through the Boxer Rebellion, and yet I kept on being sucked back into it to find out what would happen next. I’m sure that the Chinese details are as wobbly as I know the English historical details are; but I admit that I was entertained anyway.… (más)