Alfred Duggan





Alfred Duggan

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born
January 01, 1903 in Argentina

died
January 01, 1964

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Alfred Duggan (1903 - 1964) was an English historian, archeologist and best-selling historical novelist during the 1950s. Although he was raised in England, Duggan was born Alfred Leo Duggan in Buenos Aires, Argentina to a family of wealthy landowners of Irish descent. His family moved to England when he was two years old. His father Alfredo Hubert Duggan, a third-generation Irish Argentinian, was appointed in 1905 to the Argentine Legation in London, and died in 1915. In 1917, his mother, the Alabama-born Grace Elvira Hinds, daughter of the U.S. Consul General in Rio de Janeiro, became the second wife of Lord Curzon, the former Viceroy of India. Duggan and his brother Hubert (1904-1943) were raised in England at Curzon's seats, and were ed...more


Average rating: 3.57 · 174 ratings · 39 reviews · 26 distinct works
Winter Quarters
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1956 — 2 editions
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Knight with Armour
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1959 — 6 editions
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Count Bohemond
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions
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Conscience of the King
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1951 — 5 editions
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Family Favourites
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1960 — 4 editions
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Three's Company
4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1958 — 5 editions
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The Little Emperors
3.78 of 5 stars 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1953 — 3 editions
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The Lady for Ransom
3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1953 — 5 editions
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Lord Geoffrey's Fancy
3.0 of 5 stars 3.00 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1962 — 4 editions
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Besieger of Cities
3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1963 — 3 editions
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