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  1. 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] .

  2. Complete order of Leslie Thomas books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.

  3. 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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    • The Virgin Soldiers
    • Dangerous Davies, the Last Detective
    • The Complete Dangerous Davies: "Dangerous Davies", "Dangerous in Love", "Dangerous by Moonlight"
    • The Adventures of Goodnight & Loving
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  5. 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,...

  6. 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...

  7. May 9, 2014 · Leslie Thomas was a former Barnardo’s boy who became a Fleet Street journalist. But he is best known for his riotous autobiographical 1966 novel The Virgin Soldiers, which was made into a...

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