Nicolas Freeling born Nicolas Davidson, (March 3, 1927 - July 20, 2003) was a British crime novelist, best known as the author of the Van der Valk series of detective novels, which became a popular British early 1970s TV series. Events 1284 - Statute of Rhuddlan incorporated the Principality of Wales into England 1575 - Indian Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Crime fiction is the Genre of Fiction that deals with Crimes their detection criminals and their motives It is usually distinguished from Van der Valk was a British television series produced by Thames Television for the ITV network
Freeling was born in London, but travelled widely, and ended his life at his long-standing home near Strasbourg. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région He had followed a variety of occupations, including the armed services and the catering profession. He began writing during a three-week prison sentence, after being convicted of stealing some food.
Freeling's The King of the Rainy Country received a 1967 Edgar Award, from the Mystery Writers of America, for Best Novel. The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars) named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. Mystery Writers of America is an organization for mystery writers based in New York. He also won the Gold Dagger of the Crime Writers' Association, and France's Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. The Crime Writers Association is a writers' association in the United Kingdom. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Grand Prix de Littérature Policière is a French literary prize founded in 1948 by author and literary critic Maurice-Bernard Endrèbe
Works
Novels
Van de Valk series
- Love in Amsterdam (1962), aka Death in Amsterdam
- Because of the Cats (1963)
- Gun Before Butter (1963), aka Question of Loyalty
- Double-Barrel (1964)
- Criminal Conversation (1965)
- The King of the Rainy Country (1966)
- Strike Out Where Not Applicable (1967)
- Tsing-Boum! (1969)
- The Lovely Ladies (1971), aka Over the High Side
- A Long Silence (1972), aka Aupres de ma Blonde
- The Widow (1979)
- One Damn Thing After Another (1981), aka Arlette
- Sand Castles (1989)
Henri Castang series
- A Dressing of Diamonds (1974)
- What are the Bugles Blowing For? (1975), aka The Bugles Blowing
- Sabine (1976), aka Lake Isle
- The Night Lords (1978)
- Castang's City (1980)
- Wolfnight (1982)
- The Back of the North Wind (1983)
- No Part in Your Death (1984)
- Cold Iron (1986)
- Lady Macbeth (1988)
- Not as Far as Velma (1989)
- Those in Peril (1990)
- Flanders Sky (1992), aka The Pretty How Town
- " You Who Know"(1994)
- The Seacoast of Bohemia (1994)
- A Dwarf Kingdom (1996)
Other novels
- Valparaiso (1964)
- The Dresden Green (1966)
- This is the Castle (1968)
- Gadget (1977)
- A City Solitary (1984)
- One More River (1998)
- Some Day Tomorrow (1999)
- The Janeites (2002)
Non-fiction
- The Kitchen Book (1970)
- Cook Book (1972)
- The Village Book (2001)
- The Kitchen and the Cook (2002)
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