Knock Out (Bulldog Drummond Book 8)
Contents:
A British professor has perfected the cheap manufacture of precious stones, endangering the very existence of the diamond industry.
Read more Read less. Kindle Cloud Reader Read instantly in your browser. Customers who bought this item also bought. Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1.
Challenge Bulldog Drummond Book Sponsored products related to this item What's this? History's longest battle in a forgotten war based on a true story. A gripping crime suspense thriller Kal Medi Book 2. Memory loss, nightmares and an urge to kill, Sophie has it all. But is it really Post traumatic stress disorder? Or something more sinister? Berkley Street Series Books 1 - 9: Haunted House and Ghost Stories Collection.
Ex-marine Shane Ryan finally returns home. But danger lurks as his ghost-filled past comes back to haunt him in ways he could have never imagined. A murdered destitute woman. Battling against a global conspiracy will the detectives solve the case in time?
- Flames of Gold.
- Feenin?
- Shattered: Stories of Children and War;
- Follow by Email!
- Strange Angels: Book 1.
- Join Kobo & start eReading today.
Hershel was living a peaceful, uneventful life. But, a road trip on Route 66 would change that Where the Strangers Live. Something waits four miles below the ocean surface. And it's something that's not of this world. Product details File Size: October 25, Sold by: Related Video Shorts 0 Upload your video.
Share your thoughts with other customers.
Bulldog Drummond
Write a customer review. Preview — Knock-Out by Sapper. Knock-Out Bulldog Drummond 8 by Sapper. Ronald Standish — the charming, occasional detective who accepts cases when they take his fancy — receives a frantic phone call from a friend, who works for the Secret Service, asking for help. When Standish teams up with Bulldog Drummond, the tangled political web surrounding this murder and the fearsome risks in pursuing the perpetrators are met head on.
The Passing Tramp: Knock-Out (), by Sapper (H. C. McNeile)
Paperback , pages. Published by House Of Stratus first published To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Knock-Out , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia.
See a Problem?
Knock-out;read some time in I know Drummond better from the movies, especially the series starring John Howard. Drummond both on screen and in the books is the "by jove, this WILL be an adventure! I found it somewhat annoying that the crime solving is more-or-less accomplished by committee, as it's not just the title character, but several of his friends inc This is the second BULLDOG DRUMMOND book I've read, my first being the initial entry in the series, but that was many years ago and my memory of it is foggy.
I found it somewhat annoying that the crime solving is more-or-less accomplished by committee, as it's not just the title character, but several of his friends including two new ones who join in the fun. The first half was rather muddled, I thought, but it picked up considerably around the mid-way point and succeeded in holding my interest through to the end.
- Thundering Silence: Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Catch a Snake;
- Barack Hussein Obama Stole My House*.
- Hot Topics for Couples: What Husbands and Wives Arent Telling Each Other.
- Fetal Alcohol Abuse Syndrome!
- Kindle Editions!
- Measuring Market Risk with Value at Risk (Wiley Series in Financial Engineering).
- Teacher Research: Stories of Learning and Growing.
Incidentally, the movie of this title with Ronald Colman and Loretta Young bears virtually nothing in common with the book, except the presence of the title character, and a very brief appearance by his friend Algy. Another excellent Bulldog Drummond yarn. For this one Hugh is joined by Ronald Standish, who had previously appeared in lots of Sappers short stories. The conclusion here seems more than a bit rushed. Drummond disregard for the authorities is the same as ever, if you were to take the books seriously don't and he had entrusted the police with the simplistic code earlier would probably have saved dozens of lives.
Still when Drummond goes in swinging he's immense fun and this one also features Another excellent Bulldog Drummond yarn. Still when Drummond goes in swinging he's immense fun and this one also features a sadomasochistic film star and a Greek transvestite so it's not all bad. Robert Schneider rated it liked it Jul 17, Dwight Tompkins rated it it was amazing May 18, Bourn disputes Fairlie's claim to be a model for the character, noting that "he was still at school when Sapper created his Drummond's wartime experience had given him a series of abilities akin to that of a hunter: Drummond is characterised as large, very strong, physically unattractive and an "apparently brainless hunk of a man", [11] He is six feet tall, weighs around 14 stone, [12] and has a "cheerful type of ugliness which inspires immediate confidence in its owner".
Denny appeared as Drummond's sidekick in the radio series, a version of the character named Tenny appeared in the films [16] Drummond is a gentleman with a private income; [7] he is also construed as "a brutalized ex-officer whose thirst for excitement is also an attempt to reenact [ sic ] the war", [17] although the character was later described by Cecil Day-Lewis , author of gentleman detective Nigel Strangeways , as an "unspeakable public school bully".
The novel Bulldog Drummond begins when Drummond places an advertisement in a newspaper looking for adventure to lift the ennui of his life in post-war London. The response comes from Phyllis Benton, who is concerned for the health and well-being of her father, over whom Henry Lakington and Carl Peterson have a hold. At the end of the novel Drummond and Phyllis marry, and remain married throughout the course of the McNeile and Fairlie series of books, in contrast to the films, which generally portray Drummond as unmarried.
In the matter of his personal tastes, Drummond is a member of the fictional Junior Sports Club, a gentleman's club on St. James's Square , London. Although Drummond's actions are intended to maintain the conservative status quo of Britain, [2] academic Hans Bertens considers that instead, he comes across as "a murderous exponent of a fierce competitive individualism".
The first four books deal with Drummond against Carl Peterson, who becomes Drummond's arch-enemy.
Editorial Reviews. About the Author. Sapper' is the pen name of Herman Cyril McNeile, born in Knock Out (Bulldog Drummond Book 8) Kindle Edition. by. Knock-Out has 34 ratings and 4 reviews. (Bulldog Drummond #8) This is the second BULLDOG DRUMMOND book I've read, my first being the initial entry.
Peterson is also a master of disguise and uses several aliases. Almost, in fact, a hero", [30] and wrote that "authors Sapper came to love Carl Peterson dearly, and so did Drummond". The title of the fifth Bulldog Dummond book, The Female of the Species refers to Rudyard Kipling 's line "the female of the species is more deadly than the male".
Drummond has also appeared in other works.
This report is anonymous. A murdered destitute woman. Manuel Figueiredo rated it liked it Jun 07, Wikisource has original text related to this article: A fine mystery of a possible few months during the year after World War II. Please tell us about any errors you have found in this book, or in the information on this page about this book.
McNeile and Gerald du Maurier adapted the first novel, Bulldog Drummond for the stage, where it was shown at Wyndham's Theatre during the —22 season. The rights to the character of Drummond were then held by British International Pictures who would not sell the rights to use the character's for Bennett's screenplay. An attempt was made at a revival between 3 January and 28 March Drummond was initially portrayed by George Coulouris , before being taken over by Santos Ortega and Ned Wever after ; Cedric Hardwicke took over in A minute episode of Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
Drummond has also appeared in two graphic novels. Black Dossier , written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Kevin O'Neill , a thinly disguised, elderly version of Drummond, called "Hugo Drummond", is one of the three Secret Service agents tasked to hunt down the heroes of the piece. The Drummond series proved popular with contemporary audiences, with Bulldog Drummond selling , copies between and , exceeding the ,copy benchmark for "best-sellers". When reviewing Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back [h] for The New York Times , the critic observed that "if you like a good knock-down-and-drag-out yarn with excitement and violence on nearly every page, you can't go wrong on Bulldog Drummond"; [] for the novel Bulldog Drummond at Bay , the reviewer considered that "as a piece of fictional melodrama, the book is first rate".
Throughout the Drummond stories, much of the language used by McNeile's characters relating to ethnic minorities or Jews is considered by the academic Joan DelFattore to be "intensely conservative by modern standards"; [2] Green observes that while the characters of other contemporary writers, such as Agatha Christie , "exhibit the inevitable xenophobia and anti-semitism of the period, McNeile's go far beyond the 'polite' norms". Bourn considers his language to be "rather distasteful", [] while the academic Michael Denning observed that "Drummond is a bundle of chauvinisms, hating Jews, Germans, and most other foreigners".