Biography
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Manning Coles is the pseudonym of two British writers, *Adelaide Frances Oke Manning* (1891-1959) and *Cyril Henry Coles* (1899-1965), who wrote many spy thrillers from the early 40s through the early 60s. The fictional protagonist in 26 of their books was Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon, who works for the Foreign Office.
Manning and Coles were neighbors in East Meon, Hampshire. Coles worked for British Intelligence in both the World Wars. Manning worked for the War Office during World War I. Their first books were fairly realistic and with a touch of grimness; their postwar books perhaps suffered from an excess of lightheartedness and whimsy. They also wrote a number of humorous novels about modern-day ghosts, some of them involving ghostly cousins named Charles and James Latimer. These novels were published in England under the pseudonym of *Francis Gaite* but released in the United States under the Manning Coles byline.
Manning Coles is the pseudonym of two British writers, *Adelaide Frances Oke Manning* (1891-1959) and *Cyril Henry Coles* (1899-1965), who wrote many spy thrillers from the early 40s through the early 60s. The fictional protagonist in 26 of their books was Thomas Elphinstone Hambledon, who works for the Foreign Office.
Manning and Coles were neighbors in East Meon, Hampshire. Coles worked for British Intelligence in both the World Wars. Manning worked for the War Office during World War I. Their first books were fairly realistic and with a touch of grimness; their postwar books perhaps suffered from an excess of lightheartedness and whimsy. They also wrote a number of humorous novels about modern-day ghosts, some of them involving ghostly cousins named Charles and James Latimer. These novels were published in England under the pseudonym of *Francis Gaite* but released in the United States under the Manning Coles byline.
Books by Manning Coles
Diamonds to Amsterdam
Diamonds to Amsterdam
The house at Pluck's Gutter
Search for a Sultan
The cup, the blade or the gun
Concrete crime
Concrete crime
Death of an ambassador
basle express
basle express
Birdwatcher's quarry
The Case of the Glamorous Ghost; Death and Mr. Potter; The Man in the Green Hat
The Man in the Green Hat
A knife for the juggler
Alias Uncle Hugo
The Exploits of Tommy Hambledon
The Exploits of Tommy Hambleds
The Exploits of Tommy Hambledson
The exploits of tommy hambleto
The exploits of tommy hambleton
Now and Never
Now and Never
Dangerous by nature
Dangerous by nature; The hidde
Dangerous by nature; The hidden and the hunted; Stolen goods
Not negotiable
Among those absent
The fourth postman; Among those absent; The lock and the key
Let the tiger die
Let the tiger die
The Case of the Lazy Lover / U
The Case of the Lazy Lover / Untidy Murder / Let the Tiger Die
Green Hazard
This fortress
This fortress
They tell no tales
Drink to yesterday
Pray silence
Fifth Man
Fifth Man
Gold Dish and Kava Bowl
Gold Dish and Kava Bowl