Lionel Davidson

Lives remembered: The Right Rev Stephen Verney and Lionel Davidson

Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009

The Right Rev Stephen Verney

Lionel Davidson

Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Born: 31 March, 1922, in Hull, Yorkshire. Died: 21 October, 2009, in London, aged 87.Lionel Davidson was a noted thriller writer whose novels brought to life far-flung settings such as Prague, Tibet, Israel and Siberia.Davidson wrote eight novels for adults, among them Night of Wenceslas (1960) and Kolymsky Heights (1994), as well as several novels for young people. All eight of...

Lionel Davidson

News Scotsman (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009

Born: 31 March, 1922, in Hull, Yorkshire. Died: 21 October, 2009, in London, aged 87.Lionel Davidson was a noted thriller writer whose novels brought to life far-flung settings such as Prague, Tibet, Israel and Siberia.Davidson wrote eight novels for adults, among them Night of Wenceslas (1960) and Kolymsky Heights (1994), as well as several novels for young people. All eight of...

Lionel Davidson: writer of The Chelsea Murders and Kolymsky Heights

Times Online (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

The thriller writer Lionel Davidson was often mentioned in the same breath as Frederick Forsyth, both sharing the same love of in-depth technical and scenic detail. But his plots, in contrast to Forsyth’s, are much less violent, much more gnomic. Humour and love interest were salient features. The interaction of personalities was complex, yielding unexpected twists and turns in...

Obituary: Lionel Davidson

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

Award-winning writer renowned for thrillers such as The Rose of Tibet and The Chelsea Murders Graham Greene called Lionel Davidson, who has died aged 87, the first contemporary storyteller to have recaptured the high adventure of Rider Haggard, while Rebecca West once said he was a young Kipling. This was not hyperbole for, as a novelist, Davidson chose the international thriller...

Lionel Davidson

'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?' (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009

I’ve only just learned, via the blogs of Bill Crider and Sarah Weinman, of the death less than a fortnight ago of Lionel Davidson, at the age of 87. It is sad news, for Lionel Davidson was a remarkable writer. His work was very varied in nature, and he produced a number of books for children. But his literary reputation rests on his eight novels for adults, which range...

Lionel Davidson, R. I. P.

Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

Lionel Davidson, Writer of Complex Thrillers, Dies at 87 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com : "Lionel Davidson, a noted British thriller writer whose novels brought to life far-flung settings like Prague, Tibet, Israel and Siberia, died on Oct. 21 at his home in London. He was 87." Link via Sarah Weinman . If you haven't read Davidson's work, I highly recommend...

Lionel Davidson wrote complex international thrillers

Globe and Mail (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009

Graham Greene called Lionel Davidson, who has died at the age of 87, the first contemporary storyteller to have recaptured the high adventure of Rider Haggard, while Rebecca West once said he was a young Kipling. This was not hyperbole for, as a novelist, Mr. Davidson chose the international thriller form, without being submerged by it. He was happy to acknowledge that his “thrillers”...

• Obituary: Lionel Davidson - The Guardian

Lionel Davidson, British Writer of Well-Traveled Thrillers, Dies at 87

New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009

Mr. Davidson was a noted British thriller writer whose novels brought to life far-flung settings like Prague, Tibet, Israel and Siberia.

Goodbye to a fine author

Mail online - Peter Hitchens (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

I've only just learned of the death (on Trafalgar Day, appropriately enough for a former naval person) of Lionel Davidson, a superb and neglected thriller writer who has three truly first-rate books to his credit, and several more which I...

Researching Place

'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?' (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009

To what extent should writers research the settings for their books? Opinions vary – after all, Harry Keating famously never visited India until long after his series about Inspector Ghote had won widespread acclaim, not least in India. I gather that the recently deceased Lionel Davidson didn't visit Tibet before writing the Gold Dagger winning The Rose of Tibet. But I think most...