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Herman Cyril McNeile (1888-1937) commonly known as H. C. McNeile or Sapper, was a British soldier and author. Drawing on his experiences in the trenches during the First World War, he started writing short stories and getting them published in the Daily Mail. After the war McNeile left the army and continued writing, although he changed from war stories to thrillers. In 1920 he published Bulldog Drummond, whose eponymous hero became his best-known creation. The character was based on McNeile himself, on his friend Gerard Fairlie and on English gentlemen generally. His stories are either directly about the war, or contain people whose lives have been shaped by it. His thrillers are a continuation of his war stories, with upper class Englishmen defending England from foreigners plotting against it.
Contents:
Novels:
Mufti
Bulldog Drummond
The Black Gang
Jim Maitland
The Third Round
The Final Count
The Female of the Species
Temple Tower
Tiny Carteret
The Island of Terror
The Return of Bulldog Drummond
Knock-Out
Bulldog Drummond at Bay
Challenge
Short Story Collections:
The Lieutenant and Others
Sergeant Michael Cassidy, R.E.
Men, Women and Guns
No Man's Land
The Human Touch
The Man in Ratcatcher and Other Stories
The Dinner Club
Out of the Blue
Jim Brent
Word of Honour
Shorty Bill
The Saving Clause
When Carruthers Laughed
John Walters
The Finger of Fate
Ronald Standish
The Creaking Door
The Missing Chauffeur
The Haunted Rectory
A Matter of Tar
The House with the Kennels
The Third Message
Mystery of the Slip Coach
The Second Dog
The Men in Yellow
The Men with Samples
The Empty House
The Tidal River…