Anthony Price

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Alan Anthony Price ( August 16, 1928 in Hertfordshire - May 30, 2019 ) was a British writer who also worked as a journalist and editor for a long time.

Life

After attending the King's School in Canterbury , Price served in the British Army from 1947 to 1949 , which he left with the rank of Captain . He completed his studies at Merton College in Oxford in 1952 with an MA. From 1952 to 1988 Price worked as a journalist for Westminster Press , and from 1972 to 1988 as an editor for the Oxford Times .

Price became internationally known as the author of espionage thrillers, which appeared between 1970 and 1989 as a series of 19 novels about the duo Dr David Audley and Colonel Jack Butler . His best-known novel in German-speaking countries is Other Paths to Glory (1974; German 1977 as a detour to fame ), for which he received the Gold Dagger in 1974 . Three of his novels were filmed for television in 1986.

Price had been married since 1953 and had two sons and a daughter.

Awards

Works

Series Dr David Audley and Colonel Jack Butler

  • The Labyrinth Makers (1970)
    • German: Labyrinth (1986)
  • The Alamut Ambush (1971)
    • German: The bomb. Detective novel (1973); NA 1986 as an ambush
  • Colonel Butler's Wolf (1972)
    • German: Colonel Butlers Wolf (1986)
  • October Men (1973)
    • German: October men (1978)
  • Other Paths to Glory (1974)
    • German: Detours to Fame (1977)
  • Our Man in Camelot (1975)
    • German: Agent for King Arthur (1980); NA 1987 as Our Man in Camelot
  • War Game (1976)
    • German: A game for professionals (1984)
  • The '44 Vintage (1978)
    • German: The Chandos Trap (1979)
  • Tomorrow's Ghost (1979)
    • German: Ghosts of Tomorrow (1986)
  • The Hour of the Donkey (1980)
    • German: Donkey march (1986)
  • Soldier No More (1981)
    • German: No Room for Warriors (1987)
  • The Old Vengeful (1982)
    • German: The Vengeful Plot (1987)
  • Gunner Kelly (1983)
    • German: Gunner Kelly (1987)
  • Sion Crossing (1984)
    • German: Spies on the Way of the Cross (1987)
  • Here Be Monsters (1985)
    • German: Among monsters (1988)
  • For the Good of the State (1986)
    • German: In the name of the nation (1989)
  • A New Kind of War (1987)
    • German: On Bloody Ground (1989)
  • A Prospect of Vengeance (1988)
    • German: Whoever takes revenge ... (1991)
  • The Memory Trap (1989)

Non-fiction

  • The Eyes of the Fleet: A Popular History of Frigates and Frigate Captains, 1793-1815 (1980)

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personal data
SURNAME Price, Anthony
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Price, Alan Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH August 16, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Hertfordshire
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 2019