E. Phillips Oppenheim was an English writer best known for his thriller novels. Oppenheim wrote over 100 novels spanning almost 60 years.
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He is widely regarded as one of the earliest pioneers of the thriller and spy-fiction genre as it is recognised today. Oppenheim’s incredible literary success meant that his own life soon began to mirror that of his opulent characters.
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The soft mantle of a southern twilight had fallen upon land and sea, and the heart of the Palermitans was glad.
... He left England almost at once, and entered upon a somewhat restless but comprehensive scheme of travel. At last, shortly after his return home, one afternoon fate cast into his way on the Edgware Road the very subject that he sought ...
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Edward Phillips Oppenheim (1866-1946) was the earliest writer of spy fiction as understood today, inventing the "rogue male" school of adventure thrillers and writing over 150 novels of all sorts.
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