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Christopher Wood (writer)

Index Christopher Wood (writer)

Christopher Hovelle Wood (5 November 1935 – 9 May 2015) was an English screenwriter and novelist best known for the Confessions series of novels and films which he wrote as Timothy Lea. [1]

69 relations: A Farewell to Arms, Action film, Baedeker Blitz, Catch-22, Confessions from a Holiday Camp, Confessions of a Driving Instructor, Confessions of a Pop Performer, Confessions of a Window Cleaner, Continuum International Publishing Group, Cyprus, Derrick Goodwin, Desmond Skirrow, Ernest Hemingway, Eruption (film), First-person narrative, Fred Ward, Going After Cacciato, Guy Hamilton, HarperCollins, Herman Wouk, Hugo Drax, Ian Fleming, James Bond, James Bond and Moonraker, James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me, Joseph Heller, King's College School, Kingsley Amis, Lambeth, Laurence James, London, London Weekend Television, Moonraker (film), Moonraker (novel), National Book Award, New Statesman, Norwich School (independent school), Penthouse (magazine), Peterhouse, Cambridge, Referendum, Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, Richard Maibaum, Roger Corman, Roger Moore, Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse, Royston, Hertfordshire, Seven Nights in Japan, SFX (magazine), Southern Cameroons, Sphere Books, ..., Steal the Sky, The Blitz, The Daily Telegraph, The Hollywood Reporter, The Independent, The London Magazine, The Luck of Barry Lyndon, The New York Times, The Spy Who Loved Me (film), The Spy Who Loved Me (novel), The Wars, Tim O'Brien (author), Timothy Findley, Twitter, University of Cambridge, War and Remembrance, William Boyd (writer), William Makepeace Thackeray, Women's Royal Army Corps. Expand index (19 more) »

A Farewell to Arms

A Farewell to Arms is a novel by Ernest Hemingway set during the Italian campaign of World War I. First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant ("tenente") in the ambulance corps of the Italian Army.

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Action film

Action film is a film genre in which the protagonist or protagonists are thrust into a series of challenges that typically include violence, extended fighting, physical feats, and frantic chases.

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Baedeker Blitz

The Baedeker Blitz or Baedeker raids were a series of attacks by the Luftwaffe on English cities during the Second World War.

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Catch-22

Catch-22 is a satirical novel by American author Joseph Heller.

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Confessions from a Holiday Camp

Confessions from a Holiday Camp is a 1977 British comedy film.

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Confessions of a Driving Instructor

Confessions of a Driving Instructor is a 1976 British sex-farce film.

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Confessions of a Pop Performer

Confessions of a Pop Performer is a 1975 British sex-farce film.

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Confessions of a Window Cleaner

Confessions of a Window Cleaner is a 1974 British sex comedy film, directed by Val Guest.

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Continuum International Publishing Group

Continuum International Publishing Group was an academic publisher of books with editorial offices in London and New York City.

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Cyprus

Cyprus (Κύπρος; Kıbrıs), officially the Republic of Cyprus (Κυπριακή Δημοκρατία; Kıbrıs Cumhuriyeti), is an island country in the Eastern Mediterranean and the third largest and third most populous island in the Mediterranean.

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Derrick Goodwin

Derrick John Goodwin (born 6 July 1935) is an English theatre and television director, writer, and producer.

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Desmond Skirrow

Desmond Skirrow (1923Dyment, Clifford (ed.). New Poems. London: Michael Joseph, 1954; pg. 178. or 1924Amis, Kingsley. The New Oxford Book of English Light Verse. Oxford University Press, 1978; pg. 316 in Barry, South Wales – 16 August 1976, Hove, England) was a British advertising executive and novelist.

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Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short story writer, and journalist.

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Eruption (film)

Eruption is a 2010 New Zealand television film that follows days building up to a fictional Auckland volcanic eruption.

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First-person narrative

A first-person narrative is a mode of storytelling in which a narrator relays events from their own point of view using the first person It may be narrated by a first person protagonist (or other focal character), first person re-teller, first person witness, or first person peripheral (also called a peripheral narrator).

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Fred Ward

Freddie Joe "Fred" Ward (born December 30, 1942) is an American character actor, producer and model.

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Going After Cacciato

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Guy Hamilton

Mervyn Ian Guy Hamilton, DSC (16 September 1922 – 20 April 2016) was an English film director.

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HarperCollins

HarperCollins Publishers L.L.C. is one of the world's largest publishing companies and is one of the Big Five English-language publishing companies, alongside Hachette, Macmillan, Penguin Random House, and Simon & Schuster.

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Herman Wouk

Herman Wouk (born May 27, 1915) is an American author.

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Hugo Drax

Sir Hugo Drax is a fictional character created by author Ian Fleming for the 1955 James Bond novel Moonraker.

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Ian Fleming

Ian Lancaster Fleming (28 May 1908 – 12 August 1964) was an English author, journalist and naval intelligence officer who is best known for his James Bond series of spy novels.

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James Bond

The James Bond series focuses on a fictional British Secret Service agent created in 1953 by writer Ian Fleming, who featured him in twelve novels and two short-story collections.

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James Bond and Moonraker

James Bond and Moonraker is a novelization by Christopher Wood of the James Bond film Moonraker.

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James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me

James Bond, The Spy Who Loved Me is the official novelization of the 1977 Eon ''James Bond'' film The Spy Who Loved Me, which was itself inspired to the homonimous 1962 novel by Ian Fleming.

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Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller (May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999) was an American author of novels, short stories, plays and screenplays.

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King's College School

King's College School, commonly referred to as KCS, King's or KCS Wimbledon, is a selective independent school in Wimbledon, southwest London, England.

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Kingsley Amis

Sir Kingsley William Amis, CBE (16 April 1922 – 22 October 1995) was an English novelist, poet, critic, and teacher.

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Lambeth

Lambeth is a district in Central London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth.

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Laurence James

Laurence James (21 September 1942 – 9 or 10 February 2000) was a British science fiction writer, especially known for his involvement with the "Deathlands" series.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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London Weekend Television

London Weekend Television (LWT) was the ITV network franchise holder for Greater London and the Home Counties at weekends, broadcasting from Fridays at 5.15 pm (7:00 pm until 1982) to Monday mornings at 6:00 am.

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Moonraker (film)

Moonraker is a 1979 British spy film, the eleventh in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the fourth to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond.

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Moonraker (novel)

Moonraker is the third novel by the British author Ian Fleming to feature his fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond.

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National Book Award

The National Book Awards are a set of annual U.S. literary awards.

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New Statesman

The New Statesman is a British political and cultural magazine published in London.

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Norwich School (independent school)

Norwich School (formally King Edward VI Grammar School, Norwich) is a selective English independent day school in the close of Norwich Cathedral, Norwich.

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Penthouse (magazine)

Penthouse is a men's magazine founded by Robert C. "Bob" Guccione.

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Peterhouse, Cambridge

Peterhouse is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.

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Referendum

A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal.

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Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins, also released as Remo: Unarmed and Dangerous, is a 1985 American action-adventure-thriller film directed by Guy Hamilton.

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Richard Maibaum

Richard Maibaum (May 26, 1909 – January 4, 1991) was an American film producer, playwright and screenwriter best known for his screenplay adaptations of Ian Fleming's James Bond novels.

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Roger Corman

Roger William Corman (born April 5, 1926) is an American director, producer, and actor.

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Roger Moore

Sir Roger George Moore (14 October 1927 – 23 May 2017) was an English actor.

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Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse

Rosie Dixon – Night Nurse is a 1978 British comedy film directed by Justin Cartwright and starring Debbie Ash, Carolyne Argyle, Beryl Reid and John Le Mesurier.

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Royston, Hertfordshire

Royston is a town and civil parish in the District of North Hertfordshire and county of Hertfordshire in England.

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Seven Nights in Japan

Seven Nights in Japan is a 1976 drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Michael York, Charles Gray, and Hidemi Aoki.

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SFX (magazine)

SFX, so called after the common homophonic abbreviation "SFX", standing for "special effects", is a British magazine covering the topics of science fiction and fantasy.

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Southern Cameroons

Southern Cameroons was the southern part of the British Mandate territory of British Cameroons in West Africa.

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Sphere Books

Sphere Books is the name of two British paperback publishers.

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Steal the Sky

Steal the Sky is a 1988 HBO movie directed by John D. Hancock and starring Mariel Hemingway and Ben Cross.

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The Blitz

The Blitz was a German bombing offensive against Britain in 1940 and 1941, during the Second World War.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, commonly referred to simply as The Telegraph, is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Hollywood Reporter

The Hollywood Reporter (THR) is a multi-platform American digital and print magazine founded in 1930 and focusing on the Hollywood film industry, television, and entertainment industries, as well as Hollywood's intersection with fashion, finance, law, technology, lifestyle, and politics.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The London Magazine

The London Magazine is a publication of arts, literature and miscellaneous interests.

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The Luck of Barry Lyndon

The Luck of Barry Lyndon is a picaresque novel by William Makepeace Thackeray, first published as a serial in Fraser's Magazine in 1844, about a member of the Irish gentry trying to become a member of the English aristocracy.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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The Spy Who Loved Me (film)

The Spy Who Loved Me is a 1977 British-American spy film, the tenth in the ''James Bond'' series produced by Eon Productions, and the third to star Roger Moore as the fictional secret agent James Bond.

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The Spy Who Loved Me (novel)

The Spy Who Loved Me is the ninth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series, first published by Jonathan Cape on 16 April 1962.

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The Wars

The Wars is a 1977 novel by Timothy Findley that follows Robert Ross, a nineteen-year-old Canadian who enlists in World War I after the death of his beloved older sister in an attempt to escape both his grief and the social norms of oppressive Victorian society.

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Tim O'Brien (author)

William Timothy "Tim" O'Brien (born October 1, 1946) is an American novelist.

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Timothy Findley

Timothy Irving Frederick Findley, entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia.

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Twitter

Twitter is an online news and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge (informally Cambridge University)The corporate title of the university is The Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Cambridge.

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War and Remembrance

War and Remembrance is a novel by Herman Wouk, published in October 1978 as the sequel to Wouk's The Winds of War (1971).

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William Boyd (writer)

William Boyd (born 7 March 1952) is a Scottish novelist, short story writer and screenwriter.

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William Makepeace Thackeray

William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was a British novelist and author.

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Women's Royal Army Corps

The Women's Royal Army Corps (WRAC; sometimes pronounced acronymically as, a term unpopular with its members) was the corps to which all women in the British Army belonged from 1949 to 1992, except medical, dental and veterinary officers and chaplains (who belonged to the same corps as the men), the Ulster Defence Regiment which recruited women from 1973, and nurses (who belonged to Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps).

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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Wood_(writer)

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