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Information About the Life and Work of Eric Ambler
Author, writer, novelist.
He started his working life as an apprentice engineer and advertising copywriter.
After the success of his first novel The Dark Frontier (1936) he decided to devote himself
to writing full time.
His thrillers were an instant success with readers, partly due to a very successful formula, which usually involved
an ordinary Englishman who just by chance becomes caught up in a web of international espionage,
His novels can certainly be classed as early models for subsequent writers in the genre.
His many titles include
During his successful career as a writer he has also written numerous screenplays,
beginning with The Way Ahead (1944), etc.
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