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 site_link Margaret Cole 1893 1980 together wrote many popular detective stories featuring the investigators Superintendent Wilson Everard Blatchington and Dr Tancred. As a conscientious objector during World War One Coles 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 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 site_link Margaret Cole 1893 1980 together wrote many popular detective stories featuring the investigators Superintendent Wilson Everard Blatchington and Dr Tancred. 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 started writing for the Manchester Guardian During these years he also authored several economic and historical works including biographies of William Cobbett and Robert Owen In 1925 he became reader in economics at University College Oxford In 1944 Cole became the first Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at Oxford He was succeeded in the chair by Isaiah Berlin in 1957 site_link In this mystery the plot centers around two households the Fred Sackvilles of Birmingham and the Alfred Sackvilles of Brondesbury How do they fit into the sudden death of John Ainsworth estranged brother of Bertha Sackville There seems little doubt that Alfred Sackville was on hand when Ainsworth died But did he kill him and if so why Alfred cannot be found to be questioned and his mysterious disappearance brings added complications In Fred Sackville and his wife Bertha Josephine Alfred s wife Inspector Tom Fairford and the inimitable Miss Wishe the authors have created finely drawn characters made real by plenty of good natural dialogue The plot is ingenious and the solution surprising And apart from the mystery Mr and Mrs Cole have given us a satirical glimpse of life as it is lived in a high class quarter of Birmingham and in a shabby genteel house in a respectable London suburb The story is rich in observation of character and the murderer turns out to be a gentleman with a strong sense of humor The Brothers Sackville Superintendent Wilson 15 Synopsis how do 2 families fit into the sudden death determined as a murder of John Ainsworth estranged brother of Bertha Sackville Mystery Thrillers Social Sciences History
.: Cole was educated at St Pauls School and Balliol College Oxford, Cole was educated at St Paul s School and Balliol College Oxford
