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William Haggard


Born
in Croydon, The United Kingdom
August 11, 1907

Died
October 27, 1993


William Haggard (born Croydon 11 August 1907, died Frinton-on-Sea 27 October 1993) was the pseudonym of Richard Henry Michael Clayton, the son of the Rev. Henry James Clayton and Mabel Sarah Clayton. He was an English writer of fictional spy thrillers set in the 1960s through the 1980s, or, as the writer H. R. F. Keating called them, "action novels of international power." Like C. P. Snow, he was a quintessentially British Establishment figure who had been a civil servant in India, and his books vigorously put forth his perhaps idiosyncratic points of view. The principle character in most of his novels is the urbane Colonel Charles Russell of the fictional Security Executive, (clearly based on the actual MI5 or Security Service), who moves ...more

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Average rating: 3.32 · 200 ratings · 31 reviews · 49 distinct works • Similar authors
Slow Burner
3.70 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1965 — 16 editions
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The Arena: A classic espion...
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Venetian Blind: A classic e...
3.47 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1966 — 9 editions
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The Unquiet Sleep
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The High Wire
3.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1963 — 10 editions
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Closed Circuit
3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1962 — 4 editions
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Yesterday's Enemy
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The Antagonists
2.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1960 — 6 editions
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A Cool Day for Killing
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The Kinsmen
2.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1974 — 4 editions
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Slow Burner Venetian Blind: A classic e... The Arena: A classic espion... The Unquiet Sleep The High Wire
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“Listening to other opinions was invariably more profitable than antagonizing their owners by pointing out tiresome objections.”
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