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Profile of Leslie Thomas on Famous Like Me

 
Name: Leslie Thomas  
   
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Date of Birth: 22nd March 1931
   
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
   
Profession: Writer
 
 
From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia

Leslie Thomas, OBE (born March 22, 1931 in Newport, Monmouthshire) is a British author. His novels about the "Virgin Soldiers" spawned two film versions in 1969 and 1977 whilst his Tropic of Ruislip and Dangerous Davies, The Last Detective have been adapted for television (the latter also having spawned a film version in 1981).

Orphaned at the age of 12, Thomas was subsequently brought up in a Dr Barnardo's home, and it was the story of this upbringing that was the subject of his first, autobiographical, book This Time Next Week.

In the New Year's Honours List published 31 December 2004 he was created an OBE for services to Literature.

Leslie Thomas Bibliography

Biographical:-

  • This Time Next Week (1964)
  • In My Wildest Dreams (1984)

Novels:-

  • The Virgin Soldiers (1966)
  • Orange Wednesday (1967)
  • The Love Beach (1968)
  • Come to the War (1969)
  • His Lordship (1970)
  • Onward Virgin Soldiers (1971)
  • Arthur McCann And All His Women (1972)
  • The Man with the Power (1973)
  • Tropic of Ruislip (1974)
  • Stand Up Virgin Soldiers (1975)
  • Dangerous Davies, The Last Detective (1976)
  • Bare Nell (1977)
  • Ormerod's Landing (1978)
  • That Old Gang of Mine (1979)
  • The Magic Army (1981)
  • The Dearest And the Best (1984)
  • The Adventures of Goodnight And Loving (1986)
  • Dangerous In Love (1987)
  • Orders for New York (1989)
  • Evening News Short Stories (1990)
  • The Loves and Journeys of Revolving Jones (1991)
  • Arrivals And Departures (1992)
  • Running Away (1994)
  • Dangerous By Moonlight (1995)
  • Kensington Heights (1996)
  • Chloe's Song (1997)
  • Other Times (1999)
  • Waiting for the Day (2003)
  • Dover Beach (2005)

Travel:-

  • Hidden Places of Britain (1981)
  • A World of Islands (1983)
  • Some Lovely Islands (1984)

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