House at Plucks Gutter
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The House at Pluck's Gutter is a novel by Manning Coles
, published in 1963, featuring the protagonist Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon
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The book was named after the old Ferry Cottage at Plucks Gutter
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Manning Coles
Manning Coles is the pseudonym of two British writers, Adelaide Frances Oke Manning and Cyril Henry Coles , who wrote many spy thrillers from the early 40s through the early 60s. The fictional protagonist in 26 of their books was Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon, who works for the Foreign...
, published in 1963, featuring the protagonist Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon
Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon
Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon is the fictional protagonist of many spy novels written by the British author "Manning Coles" from 1940 through 1963...
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The book was named after the old Ferry Cottage at Plucks Gutter
Plucks Gutter
Plucks Gutter is a small hamlet in Kent, England where the Little Stour and Great Stour rivers meet. During the Middle Ages, the two rivers met the Wantsum Channel at Stourmouth, but the combined rivers now flow onward to the sea via Sandwich to Pegwell Bay near Ramsgate, leaving Plucks Gutter...
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