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Philip MacDonald (5 November 1900 – 10 December 1980) was a British-born writer of fiction and screenplays, best known for thrillers. Life and work [ edit ] MacDonald was born in London, the son of author Ronald MacDonald and actress Constance Robertson, and grandson of the fiction writer and Christian minister George MacDonald . [1]
Philip MacDonald. Philip MacDonald (who some give as 1896 or 1899 as his date of birth) was the grandson of the writer George MacDonald and son of the author Ronald MacDonald and the actress Constance Robertson. During World War I he served with the British cavalry in Mesopotamia, later trained horses for the army, and was a show jumper.
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Gethryn is the series detective for more than a dozen of Philip MacDonald 's murder mysteries, written between 1924 and 1959. He is an amateur detective who works closely with the police to pursue criminals. In Macdonald's first Gethryn novel, The Rasp, Gethryn is presented as a British ex-secret service agent and newspaper reporter, who solves ...
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MacDonald, Philip. Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author. (1900-1980) UK-born screenwriter and author of detective novels, son of Ronald MacDonald and grandson of George MacDonald, in California from 1931. He was best known for a series of detective novels, most featuring the amateur investigator Anthony Gethryn, beginning with The ...
Philip MacDonald has 108 books on Goodreads with 9008 ratings. Philip MacDonald’s most popular book is The Rasp (Colonel Gethryn, #1).
Philip MacDonald. Writer: Rebecca. British novelist Philip MacDonald was born in London, England, in 1901. His grandfather was the Scottish novelist George MacDonald. As a young man Philip was an excellent horseman; prior to World War I he trained horses bought from Argentina for the British army, and when war broke out he enlisted in the army and was posted to a cavalry unit in Mesopotamia ...
