Anthony Price

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name = Anthony Price


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birthplace = Hertfordshire, England
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occupation = Novelist
nationality = British
period = 1970 - present
genre = Thriller
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Anthony Price (born 16 August 1928 in Hertfordshire, England) is an author of espionage thrillers.

He attended The King's School, Canterbury and served in the British Army from 1947 to 1949, reaching the rank of Captain. He then studied at Merton College, Oxford until 1952, earning the MA degree. Price was a journalist with the Westminster Press from 1952 to 1988, as well as an editor with the "Oxford Times" from 1972 to 1988.

He is the author of several books in the "David Audley"/"Colonel Jack Butler" series. These novels focus on a group of counter-intelligence agents modeled on MI5. They usually refer to their employer obscurely as "the Ministry of Defence", though it becomes clear in "Our Man in Camelot" that their specific department is like MI5. "Other Paths to Glory" mentions that the secret agency's budget is hidden under "Research and Development". The agency is headed by Sir Frederick Clinton and then by Colonel Jack Butler. Its best agent is David Audley, a historian turned spy. Audley is known for his unorthodox tactics and perhaps surprisingly his fondness for quoting Kipling. He is assisted by various operatives, including Squadron Leader Hugh Roskill, who was shot and injured at the end of "The Alamut Ambush", and historian Paul Mitchell, whom he recruited in "Other Paths to Glory". Audley's relationship with Butler thaws in the course of time. Each novel has a "point of view" character. Audley himself is that figure in "The Labyrinth Makers", in which book he meets his future wife. Paul Mitchell plays that role most often

"Chessgame", a six part television series based on his first three novels appeared on British independent television in late 1983, and was re-shown in 1986 as three TV movies.

Bibliography

Novels

*"The Labyrinth Makers" (1971); winner of Silver Dagger Award
*"The Alamut Ambush" (1972)
*"Colonel Butler's Wolf" (1972)
*"October Men" (1973)
*"Other Paths to Glory" (1975); winner of Gold Dagger Award
*"Our Man in Camelot" (1975)
*"War Game" (1977)
*"The '44 Vintage" (1978)
*"Tomorrow's Ghost" (1979)
*"The Hour of the Donkey" (1980)
*"Soldier No More" (1981)
*"The Old Vengeful" (1982)
*"Gunner Kelly" (1983)
*"Sion Crossing" (1984)
*"Here Be Monsters" (1985)
*"For the Good of the State" (1986)
*"A New Kind of War" (1987)
*"A Prospect of Vengeance" (1988)
*"The Memory Trap" (1989)

Non-fiction

*"The Eyes of the Fleet: A Popular History of Frigates and Frigate Captains 1793-1815" (1990)

External links

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* [http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=471 Addenda to CRIME FICTION IV: Anthony Price, Otto Penzler & others.]