the use of light artillery and geometry to help Lorenzo de' Medici's army of Florence end a siege at Castlemonte. The Medici Emerald (1976) – Leonardo da Vinci's mistress is captured by the Venetians. To save her – and the city of Florence – he must decipher a message inscribed on an emerald. The Medici Hawks (1978) – Muslim invaders try to conquer Italy. Leonardo helps to drive them away by building functional kite-gliders as seen in his sketch books. Other novels Phil and Me (1970) The Remington Set (1976) – An English crime novel published under the pen name John Charlton. Traders (1980) – A novel about an Afghan prince who profits greatly as an arms trader Screenwriter Woodhouse wrote the screenplays of seven episodes of the TV series The Avengers. He also wrote for several British TV series such as The Protectors, Emerald Soup, The Hidden Truth, and The Man in Room 17. He also wrote most of the screenplays for the 1961 season of the marionette TV show Supercar in partnership with his younger brother Hugh, and in 1960 two episodes of a similar show for children Four Feather Falls. He is believed to have written in excess of seventy screenplays. The Avengers episodes A Chorus of Frogs (1962) Mr. Teddy Bear (1962) The Golden Eggs (1962) The Big Thinker (1962) Second Sight (1963) The Wringer (1964) A Sense of History (1965) The Hidden Truth episodes The Guinea Pig (1964) Cause of Death (1964) Supercar episodes Rescue Amazonian Adventure Talisman of Sargon False Alarm What Goes Up Keep It Cool Grounded Jungle Hazard High Tension A Little Art Ice Fall Island Incident The Tracking of Masterspy Phantom Piper Deep Seven Pirate Plunder Hostage The Sunken Temple Trapped in the Depths The Dragon of Ho Meng Magic Carpet The White Line References Martin Woodhouse interview at Cinema Retro Martin Woodhouse website Martin Woodhouse biography List of books by Woodhouse Leonardo's military inventions Leonardo's resume Woodhouse Filmography at MSN Supercar Episode List Obituary of Martin Woodhouse, The Daily Telegraph, 1 August, 2011 1932 births 2011 deaths Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge British screenwriters British male screenwriters Royal Air Force officers People educated at Oundle School People educated at Salisbury Cathedral School People from Romford British male novelists 20th-century British novelists 20th-century British male writers