Russell Thorndike

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Russell Thorndike


Born
in Rochester, Kent, The United Kingdom
February 06, 1885

Died
November 07, 1972

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Arthur Russell Thorndike was a British actor and novelist, best known for the Doctor Syn of Romney Marsh novels. Lesser known than his sister Dame Sybil Thorndike but just as versatile, Russell Thorndike's first love was for the pen and, following service in World War I, he devoted himself to writing.
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Average rating: 3.75 · 1,641 ratings · 213 reviews · 68 distinct worksSimilar authors
Doctor Syn

3.72 avg rating — 411 ratings — published 1915 — 85 editions
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Doctor Syn on the High Seas

3.94 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1935 — 29 editions
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Doctor Syn Returns

4.26 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1936 — 23 editions
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The Shadow Of Doctor Syn

4.28 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1972 — 15 editions
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The Further Adventures of D...

3.99 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1959 — 25 editions
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The Courageous Exploits of ...

4.32 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1939 — 19 editions
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The Scarecrow Rides: The Re...

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The Amazing Quest Of Doctor...

3.89 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 1972 — 15 editions
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The Master of the Macabre

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Dr. Syn Series

4.13 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions
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“this with a very good purpose, for where the dykes run zigzag over Romney Marsh a thick mist arises some eight feet high, and even upon nights of full moon these mists hang about the dykes like heavy rolls of a spider's web, contrasting strangely with the rest of the country, which is all bright and easily seen. And now Jerk had to ride even faster than before, for the packponies, entirely hidden by the mist curtains, were circled and circled all the way by the galloping demons and jack-o'lanterns, these last swinging their pole lights round their heads and uttering strange cries like those of the Marsh fowl, weird and ominous. This accounted, then, for all the ghost tales he had heard, for all the ghostly things those not in the secret had seen upon the Marsh, and a very clever scheme Jack thought it was, and a very good way of clearing the ground of the curious. For there is no power like superstition, and nothing that spreads quicker or is more grossly exaggerated than tales of horror and fear. So on they rode in wild circles round and round the packponies. Beelzebub”
Russell Thorndike, Doctor Syn

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