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Julian Rathbone

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born

February 10, 1935 in Blackheath, The United Kingdom

died

February 28, 2008

gender

male

genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

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Julian Christopher Rathbone was born in 1935 in Blackheath, southeast London. His great-uncle was the actor and great Sherlock Holmes interpreter Basil Rathbone, although they never met.

The prolific author Julian Rathbone was a writer of crime stories, mysteries and thrillers who also turned his hand to the historical novel, science fiction and even horror — and much of his writing had strong political and social dimensions.

He was difficult to pigeonhole because his scope was so broad. Arguably, his experiment with different genres and thus his refusal to be typecast cost him a wider audience than he enjoyed. Just as his subject matter changed markedly over the years, so too did his readers and his publishers.

Among his more than 40 books t...more

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Books by Julian Rathbone

Average rating: 3.44 · 360 ratings · 57 reviews · 40 distinct works

	The Last English King 3.67 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Kings of Albion 3.42 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 2000 — 7 editions	My rating:
	A Very English Agent 2.79 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Joseph: The Life of Joseph Bosham, Self-Styled 3rd Viscount of Bosham, Covering the Years from 1790 to 1813 3.27 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Mutiny 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Trajectories 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings	My rating:
	A Spy of the Old School 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Euro-Killers (Inspector Jan Argand, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Birth of a Nation: The Further Adventures of A Very English Agent 2.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	Brandenburg Concerto (Renate Fechter, #2) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	My rating: