Which author wrote "The Day of the Jackal", Frederick Forsyth or Jack London?
d40fc4832640242362860d6b3e96c5ad
Frederick Forsyth Frederick McCarthy Forsyth (born 25 August 1938) is an English author, former journalist and spy, and occasional political commentator. He is best known for thrillers such as "The Day of the Jackal", "The Odessa File", "The Fourth Protocol", "The Dogs of War", "The Devil's Alternative", "The Fist of God", "Icon", "The Veteran", "Avenger", "The Afghan", "The Cobra" and "The Kill List".
fa8004630fc6f1d85b50028ff4d2151e
Jack London John Griffith "Jack" London (born John Griffith Chaney; January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist. A pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction, he was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone, including science fiction.
985efe2d7dd3243cb0af5efb21f6b529
Robert Fabian Robert Honey Fabian (31 January 1901 – 14 June 1978) was an English police officer, who rose to the rank of Detective Superintendent in the Metropolitan Police. After retirement from the force, he worked as crime writer. His work was dramatised in the BBC drama series, "Fabian of the Yard", based on his book of the same name (in reference to New Scotland Yard). Each episode ended with an epilogue in which Fabian described the real-life case on which the preceding story had been based. He subsequently wrote a somewhat salacious but revelatory account of Soho's vice trade in "London After Dark"..
fd7cbbae831ae6adace3eefc58aa0810
Jack Bond (director) Jack Bond (born 1939) is a British film producer and director. He is best known for his work for "The South Bank Show" and his creative partnership with the British writer, actor and director Jane Arden (1927–1982) between 1965 and 1979.
09217463db5056022af79c785230fece
James Percy FitzPatrick Sir James Percy FitzPatrick, KCMG (24 July 1862 – 24 January 1931), known as Percy FitzPatrick, was a South African author, politician, mining financier and pioneer of the fruit industry. He authored the classic children's book, "Jock of the Bushveld" (1907). As a politician, he defended British Imperial interests before and during the Anglo-Boer War. FitzPatrick is responsible for the creation of the two minute silence observed on Armistice Day.
39be5e3ae78de66aa853f294ebcbd55f
Marc Culwick Marc Culwick (sometimes credited as Mark Culwick) is a British-born actor whose most famous role was as Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward in the 1988 adaption of the "Jack the Ripper" legend starring Michael Caine.
0bbdb51ac67edc1b2d1a6182ac5ef11c
Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell (2 March 1856 – 13 December 1930), commonly known by his pen name Mackenzie Bell, was an English writer, poet and literary critic. He was a writer for many Victorian era publications, most especially the "London Academy", and published several volumes of poetry between 1879 and 1893.
3f86f45e65d28af91d707b7185eca555
Jack Staff Jack Staff is a British superhero created by comic book writer/artist Paul Grist. Billed as "Britain's Greatest Hero", it is known for being in the style of an anthology title and for its multi-linear plotlines.
2b190d752a1aee45c6287656f33e4d31
The Rogues of London The Rogues of London is a 1915 British silent thriller film directed by Bert Haldane and starring Blanche Forsythe, Fred Paul and Maud Yates.
5c037a354eed843023ec7dfb1c4abc3d
Dashiell Hammett Samuel Dashiell Hammett ( ; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, screenwriter, and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade ("The Maltese Falcon"), Nick and Nora Charles ("The Thin Man"), and the Continental Op ("Red Harvest" and "The Dain Curse").
75134ae12dabfc987f4c2d69de53772a
I'm All Right Jack I'm All Right Jack is a 1959 British comedy film directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting from a script by Frank Harvey, John Boulting and Alan Hackney based on the novel "Private Life" by Hackney. The film is a sequel to the Boultings' 1956 film "Private's Progress" and Ian Carmichael, Dennis Price, Richard Attenborough, Terry-Thomas and Miles Malleson reprise their characters. Peter Sellers played one of his best-known roles, as the trades union shop steward Fred Kite and won a Bafta Best Actor Award. The rest of the cast included many well-known British comedy actors of the time.
df579a4c8beecc871750a4757b2c36b0
Where's Jack? Where's Jack? is a 1969 film recounting the exploits of notorious 18th-century criminal Jack Sheppard and London "Thief-Taker General" Jonathan Wild.
6dbd59a6bb85309275905c04162f6c12
Wilfred Thesiger Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger (3 June 1910 – 24 August 2003), also called Mubarak bin London (Arabic for "the blessed one of London") was an English explorer and travel writer.
7410b88e369d60dff53bfd5775463c54
L. J. F. Brimble Lionel John "Jack" Farnham Brimble (16 January 1904 in Radstock, Somerset – 15 November 1965 in London) was a botanist, author, Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and editor of Nature magazine.
280788b82836e9fd1760f98c6a322301
The Black Mask The Black Mask (published in some countries as Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman) is the second collection of stories written by Ernest William Hornung in the A. J. Raffles series concerning a gentleman thief in late Victorian London. It was first published in 1901.
83b3aaa1c2496dca10d23b319aa7bc89
L.A. Meyer Louis A. Meyer (January 1, 1942 - July 29, 2014), was a Maine author. Writing under the name L.A. Meyer, he was best known for his young-adult historical series "The Jacky Faber Adventures", also known as the "Bloody Jack" series. He also wrote two children's picture books and was a painter. He and his wife owned an art gallery called Clair de Loon in Bar Harbor.
54bf89992e51ad5e22f0dbf24ffb15c8
The Iron Heel The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908.
b665f2f0d5a6cb98e34a6ab5420cbc36
Jack Marks (performer) Jack Marks (12 February 1895 – 12 March 1987) was an English performer and screenwriter.
92838eb429d6d1670643e3a5f8fcffef
Frederick Gustavus Burnaby Colonel Frederick Gustavus Burnaby (3 March 1842 – 17 January 1885) was a British Army intelligence officer. Burnaby's adventurous spirit, pioneering achievements, and swashbuckling courage earned an affection in the minds of Victorian imperial idealists. As well as travelling across Europe and Central Asia, he mastered the art of ballooning, spoke a number of foreign languages fluently, stood for parliament twice, published several books, and was admired and feted by the women of London High Society. His popularity was legendary, appearing in a number of stories and tales of empire.
9e7d89eee330f1d730cafcfe5887d1fe
The Odessa File The Odessa File is a thriller by Frederick Forsyth, first published in 1972, about the adventures of a young German reporter attempting to discover the location of a former SS concentration-camp commander.
142f9fadf867e3add7320b1e2c079f70
John Frederick Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis Brigadier-General John Frederick Hepburn-Stuart-Forbes-Trefusis, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (14 January 1878 – 24 October 1915), known as 'Jack Tre', was a British Army officer in World War I. At the time of his death he was the youngest Brigadier-General in the British Army.
12d6136dfdf9d6f759bbb51627b347da
Tim Jeal Tim Jeal (born 27 January 1945 in London, England) is a biographer of notable Victorians and is also a novelist. His publications include a memoir and biographies of David Livingstone (1973), Robert Baden-Powell (1989), and Henry Morton Stanley (2007). Jeal was formally educated in London and Oxford, and lives in North London. He has a wife and three daughters.