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Arthur Behrend


Born
in The United Kingdom
January 01, 1895

Died
January 01, 1974

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Biographies & Memoirs, History


Little is known of Arthur Behrend's life but he appears to have attended Sedbergh School, where he was in Hart House from 1910 to 1913.

He seems to have spent time in Spain, particularly six months in Bilbao, in 1921. He was apparently learning about the Spanish side of the family business, which was the Bahr, Behrend Shipping Line. And he was given three months paid leave by his uncle in order
to finish a novel that he was writing, which was entitled 'The House of the Spaniards'. He did finish it but it was not to be published until some years later in 1936. It was subsequently filmed by Ealing Studios.

He was to write two other novels, both with a Liverpool background, 'Unlucky for Some' (1955), which also had a Sedbergh setting as he used h ...more

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Make Me a Soldier: A Platoo...
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As from Kemmel Hill: An Adj...
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Unlucky for Some
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The Samarai affair
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Portrait of a family firm: ...
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The house of the Spaniard
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