David Roberts (2) (1944–)
Autore di Sweet Poison
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David Roberts was born on May 8, 1970. He is a British children's illustrator. He has worked with such well-known authors as Philip Ardagh on the Eddie Dickens and Unlikely Exploits series, G.P. Taylor on the Mariah Mundi series, Chris Priestley on the Tales of Terror series, Mick Jackson on Ten mostra altro Sorry Tales and The Bears of England, and Susan Price on the Olly Spellmaker series. Mouse Noses on Toast by Daren King won the Nestle Smarties Book Prize (ages 6 -8 years) in 2006, after which King and Roberts collaborated on other titles including Peter the Penguin Pioneer, Sensible Hare and the Case of Carrots and The Frightfully Friendly Ghosties series. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Roberts, David Christopher
- Data di nascita
- 1944
- Sesso
- male
- Agente
- Andrew Lownie Literary Agency
- Breve biografia
- David Roberts was an editor at Chatto and Windus, editorial director at Weidenfeld & Nicolson and a partner of Michael O'Mara Books, before becoming a full-time writer in 2000.
His series of crime novels set during the 1930s featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne and optioned by Columbia Pictures include Sweet Poison, Bones of the Buried, Hollow Crown, Dangerous Sea,The More Deceived, A Grave Man, The Quality of Mercy and Something Wicked.
He is married and divides his time between London and Wiltshire.
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- Opere
- 11
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 662
- Popolarità
- #38,094
- Voto
- 3.3
- Recensioni
- 13
- ISBN
- 846
- Lingue
- 17
I threw down the book and howled about anachronism and "how young is this author, anyway?!" Then my husband looked up the fact that London has the oldest emergency phone system in the world, it was instituted in 1937. My howls are dimmed but not extinguished. The average joe would have no knowledge of this brand new system that had just been created. And I have never come across the 999 thing in any 30s or 40s novel I can remember reading.
Later in the book a main character is speaking to Duke SoandSo and says something like, "You don't mind if we go out to the garden, Duke?" She's supposed to be a well educated young gentlewoman who has been slumming with the communists. But no matter what her political sympathies I trust she would know to refer to her host as Your Grace rather than Duke, like some sort of American gangster.
I finished the book to see who dunnit and which way the protags were going to jump. I won't be pursuing this series.… (altro)