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Leslie Thomas, OBE (22 March 1931 – 6 May 2014) was a Welsh author best known for his comic novel The Virgin Soldiers. [1] Early life. Thomas was born in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales. He was orphaned at the age of 12, when his mariner father was lost at sea and his mother died only a few months later from cancer. [2] .
Publication Order of Virgin Soldiers Books. Publication Order of Standalone Novels. Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books. Leslie Thomas is a literature and fiction author that was born in Newport in the United Kingdom. He was born to a wandering Welsh sailor from Newport Gwent.
May 7, 2014 · The novelist and journalist Leslie Thomas, who has died aged 83, was one of them: he could extract on the printed page, on radio and television or in a face-to-face interview good-natured...
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May 20, 2014 · Leslie Thomas, a top-selling British author who parlayed his experience as a soldier in Malaya into a darkly comic, wildly popular novel in which young troops strive to lose their virginity...
May 7, 2014 · Maev Kennedy. Wed 7 May 2014 12.07 EDT. The novelist Leslie Thomas, a Barnardo's boy who became a global bestselling author, best known for The Virgin Soldiers, has died aged 83. His wife,...
The Virgin Soldiers is a 1966 comic novel by Leslie Thomas, inspired by his own experiences of National Service in the British Army. It was Thomas' debut novel; he had previously published an autobiography. The Virgin Soldiers sold millions of copies during the author´s lifetime. Plot summary
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