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Title: In the Tradition of...
Review: In the tradition of Patrick O'Briens characters, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin; and Forester's Hornblower; plus the beginnings of "Riley Ace of Spies", based on "British Agent" by R.H. Bruce Lockhart. Childers book was recommended to me by Mick Mallon, who I hope would not mind me describing him as a linguist, sailor, reader and reviewer of books. When, in 1975 at home in the Canadian Arctic, I said I enjoyed spy novels he passed on Childers book. The softback has stayed with me since then, the hardcover goes to my grandchildren.
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