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Uncommon Danger is the second novel by British thriller writer Eric Ambler, published in 1937.It was published in the United States as Background To Danger. [1] [2] In his autobiography, Here Lies Eric Ambler, Ambler explains that "Background To Danger" was the original title, but his British publisher disliked the word 'background', so it was published in all English-speaking countries except ...
Founded in 1882, [3] six years before the borough of Ambler was incorporated, [4] the Gazette was the successor to the Ambler Times, which had been founded in 1879 by Dr. Rose. [5] Irwin S. Weber took over the paper in 1882 and renamed it Ambler Gazette. [5]
Eric Clifford Ambler OBE (28 June 1909 – 23 October 1998) was an English author of thrillers, in particular spy novels, who introduced a new realism to the genre. Also working as a screenwriter , Ambler used the pseudonym Eliot Reed for books written with Charles Rodda.
The novel was published and is set just before World War II. Vadassy is a typical Ambler protagonist, sympathetic but out of his depth. The plight of stateless individuals is a recurring theme in Ambler's novels. [1] The hotel setting makes the novel similar to a country house whodunit. [2]
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The novel was one of the first six of Ambler's books which made his name. Ambler wrote in his autobiography, "As I saw it, the thriller had nowhere to go but up". [4] The Dark Frontier parodies the conventions of the contemporary British thriller, [2] [5] particularly E. Phillips Oppenheim and John Buchan, [6] but improves upon them. [7]
Pages in category "People from Ambler, Pennsylvania" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.