Madeleine Brent



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Madeleine Brent

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born
in Lewisham, London, England, The United Kingdom
April 11, 1920

died
May 03, 2010

gender
male

genre
Romance, Historical Fiction


About this author

Madeleine Brent is a pseudonym used by Peter O'Donnell.

Peter O'Donnell was born on 11 April 1920 in Lewisham, London, England, UK. He was interested in writing as a child, and began writing professionally at the age of 16. During World War II he served in the Royal Signals Corps, and was stationed in Persia, Syria, Egypt, the Western Desert, Italy, and Greece. After the war, he worked as a comic strip writer, and scripted the Daily Express adaptation of the James Bond novel Dr. No. He was most famous for inventing the character Modesty Blaise, an undercover agent who first appeared in comic strips in 1963. In 1965, he published his first novel, Modesty Blaise, which was based on the screenplay he had written for the motion picture of the sa...more


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Madeleine Brent's Books

Average rating: 4.11 · 4,710 ratings · 589 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors
Moonraker's Bride
4.35 of 5 stars 4.35 avg rating — 1,163 ratings — published 1973 — 18 editions
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Tregaron's Daughter
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 691 ratings — published 1971 — 16 editions
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Merlin's Keep
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 552 ratings — published 1977 — 12 editions
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Golden Urchin
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 574 ratings — published 1986 — 8 editions
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Stranger at Wildings
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 397 ratings — published 1975 — 10 editions
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The Long Masquerade
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 1981 — 7 editions
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Stormswift
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 359 ratings — published 1984 — 9 editions
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The Capricorn Stone
3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 1979 — 8 editions
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A Heritage of Shadows
3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions
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A Gothic Treasure Trove
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1987
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Quotes by Madeleine Brent

“When You don't know what to do, just do whatever comes next and go from there.”
― Madeleine Brent, Moonraker's Bride
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