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Derek Tangye


Born
in London , The United Kingdom
February 29, 1912

Died
October 26, 1996

Genre
Memoir


During WWII, Derek Tangye worked for MI5 (the U.K.'s domestic counter-intelligence and security agency) and, after the war, he worked as a newspaper columnist. His wife, Jeannie Nicol Tangye, was a hotel PR executive. They both left their jobs in the city to move to a simple cottage on a flower farm in Cornwall. ...more

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Average rating: 4.11 · 1,220 ratings · 131 reviews · 56 distinct works • Similar authors
A Gull on the Roof
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3.94 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1961 — 29 editions
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A Cat in the Window
4.27 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 1962 — 21 editions
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Somewhere a Cat Is Waiting
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4.21 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1976 — 11 editions
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A Drake at the Door
4.25 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1963 — 20 editions
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Lama
4.12 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1966 — 21 editions
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A Cat Affair
4.07 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1974 — 11 editions
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A Cornish Summer
4.12 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1977 — 10 editions
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Monty's Leap
4.35 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1962 — 7 editions
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Jeannie: A Love Story
4.23 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions
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Cottage on a Cliff
4.11 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1989 — 13 editions
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Series by Derek Tangye

A Gull on the Roof A Cat in the Window The Way to Minack A Cornish Summer
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