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Elleston Trevor


Born
in The United Kingdom
February 17, 1920

Died
July 21, 1995

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers


Author has published other books under the names: Adam Hall, Mansell Black, Trevor Burgess, Trevor Dudley-Smith, Roger Fitzalan, Howard North, Simon Rattray, Warwick Scott, Caesar Smith, Lesley Stone.

Author Trevor Dudley-Smith was born in Kent, England on February 17, 1920. He attended Yardley Court Preparatory School and Sevenoaks School. During World War II, he served in the Royal Air Force as a flight engineer. After the war, he started writing full-time. He lived in Spain and France before moving to the United States and settling in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1946 he used the pseudonym Elleston Trevor for a non-mystery book, and later made it his legal name. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Adam Hall, Simon Rattray, Mansell Black, Trevor ...more

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Average rating: 3.88 · 1,347 ratings · 199 reviews · 95 distinct works • Similar authors
The Flight of the Phoenix
3.92 avg rating — 750 ratings — published 1964 — 42 editions
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Squadron Airborn
4.03 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1955 — 47 editions
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The Damocles Sword
4.02 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1981 — 16 editions
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Bury Him Among Kings
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4.14 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions
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The Big Pick-Up
4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1967 — 5 editions
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Deep Wood
4.75 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions
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Killing Ground
3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1958 — 3 editions
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The Penthouse
3.27 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1983 — 13 editions
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The Island of the Pines
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1948 — 2 editions
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The Freebooters
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3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1986 — 14 editions
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“Out of the desert came seven men, and a monkey.”
― Elleston Trevor, The Flight of the Phoenix
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“She is not a toy, Mr. Towns, she is an airplane.”
― Elleston Trevor, The Flight of the Phoenix
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“Her shadow crossed the dunes, smaller now. Ahead lay the south desert, limitless. Soon she turned slowly, with the sun swinging across the port wing-tip, and headed west as they had planned.”
― Elleston Trevor, The Flight of the Phoenix
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