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| Born Kenya 1924, mother half Huguenot, Two years Jerusalem with father, British Palestine Police senior. School Prior Park, Bath and Cheltenham. When Dunkirk, evacuated to UCT(University of Cape Town), boxing blue at 16. Kenya Police Assistant Inspector. Joined 6th SA Armoured Division, Brit 8th Army, spinally wounded Bologna. Hospitalized, learned Italian. Interpreted with North Italian partisans, UCT again, then Modern Greats Oxford. Cape Times Reporter. Shell International 25 years, Israel, Tanzania, Laos, Thailand, Latin America. Sales Director Kuwaiti Oil Ministry. Lived Hydra and Riviera. Fifteen books published, mainly UK and USA. Married to authoress Soozi Holbeche. |  |
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