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G.D.H. Cole

Born

in Cambridge, England

September 25, 1889

Died

January 14, 1959

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Social Sciences, History

Influences

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George Douglas Howard Cole was an English political theorist, economist, writer and historian. As a libertarian socialist he was a long-time member of the Fabian Society and an advocate for the cooperative movement. He and his wife Margaret Cole (1893-1980) together wrote many popular detective stories, featuring the investigators Superintendent Wilson, Everard Blatchington and Dr Tancred.

Cole was educated at St Paul's School and Balliol College, Oxford.

As a conscientious objector during World War One, Cole's involvement in the campaign against conscription introduced him to a co-worker, Margaret Postgate, whom he married in 1918. The couple both worked for the Fabian Society for the next six years before moving to Oxford, where Cole start ...more

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	The Brooklyn Murders (Superintendent Wilson #1) 3.65 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1923 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Socialist Thought, Volume I: The Forerunners 1789-1850 3.94 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 1953 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Blatchington Tangle by G.D.H. Cole, Margaret Cole 3.92 avg rating — 26 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Death of a Millionaire (Superintendent Wilson #2) by G.D.H. Cole, Margaret Cole 3.57 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1925 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Common People 1746-1946 by G.D.H. Cole, Raymond W. Postgate 3.35 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1938 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Murder at Crome House by G.D.H. Cole, Margaret Cole 3.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1927 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lesson in Crime by G.D.H. Cole, Margaret Cole 3.42 avg rating — 12 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A History of Socialist Thought, Volume II: Marxism & Anarchism 1850-1890 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1953 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Guild Socialism Restated 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Superintendent Wilson's Holiday (Superintendent Wilson #4.5) by G.D.H. Cole, Margaret Cole 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1929 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by G.D.H. Cole

Superintendent Wilson (18 books)
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G.D.H. Cole,

Margaret Cole

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A History of Socialist Thought (7 books)
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Quotes by G.D.H. Cole (?)

“Man is everywhere in chains, and his chains will not be broken till he feels that it is degrading to be a bondsman, whether to an individual or to a State. The disease of civilization is not so much the material poverty of the many as the decay of the spirit of freedom and self-confidence. The revolt that will change the world will spring, not from the benevolence that breeds "reform", but from the will to be free. Men will act together in the full consciousness of their mutual dependence; but they will act for themselves. Their liberty will not be given them from above; they will take it on their own behalf.”
― G. D. H. Cole

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