Howarth, Patrick (John Fielding)

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HOWARTH, Patrick (John Fielding)

HOWARTH, Patrick (John Fielding). Also writes as C. D. E. Francis. British (born India), b. 1916. Genres: Novels, Poetry, History, Biography. Career: Ed., Baltic and Scandinavian Countries, 1938-39; served in Special Operations Executive, 1941-45; Press Attache, British Embassy, Warsaw, 1945-47; with Civil Service, London, 1948-53; Public Relations Officer, Royal National Life-Boat Institution, London, 1953-79. Publications: The Year Is 1851, 1951; The Dying Ukrainian (novel), 1953; A Matter of Minutes (novel), 1953; (ed.) Special Operations, 1955; Questions in the House, 1956; The Life-Boat Story, 1957; How Men are Rescued from the Sea, 1961; Squire: Most Generous of Men (biography), 1963; Play Up and Play the Game, 1973; Lifeboats and Lifeboat People, 1974; When the Riviera Was Ours, 1977; Undercover, 1980; Lifeboat: In Danger's Hour, 1981; Intelligence Chief Extraordinary, 1986; King George VI, 1987; My God, Soldiers!, 1989; Atilla, King of the Huns, 1994; also 8 BBC Radio poetry progs. Address: Flat 2, Pencarrow, The Avenue, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3AJ, England.

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