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Title: Bulldog Drummond

Author: Sapper

Narrator: Cathy Dobson

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 45 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-03-14

Publisher: Red Door Audiobooks

Genres: Classics, British Literature

Publisher's Summary:

Captain Hugh 'Bulldog" Drummond', DSO, MC is a first world war veteran finding it difficult to adjust to life as a civilian in London. He is a trained soldier, a strong, brutal fighter who has honed his skills of stalking and the martial arts. Now that the war is over he is bored. He posts an advertisement in the newspaper, seeking for adventure... and immediately finds himself drawn into a web of intrigue involving an international gang of criminals whose aim is the destruction of Great Britain.

The leader of the criminals is the evil genius, Carl Peterson, who is to be Drummond's opponent and sworn enemy through a series of adventures. The Bulldog Drummond books are a series written by H. C. McNeile and published under his pen name "Sapper". This is the first of the series.

Members Reviews:

Imagine you're back in time -- the 1930s.

I selected this book because I happened to see on TCM one of the Bulldog Drummond movies filmed in the 1930s. It was a fun, very 1930s movie to watch and I noticed in the credits that the screenplay was based on the book -- so I had to read it. The book is written in that very stilted style of the 1930s. The plot is neatly wrapped up. Both could be turn-offs to modern audiences but reading "Bulldog Drummond" is like reading an historical novel from, well, the 1930s. McNeile wrote lots of other Bulldog Drummond books and I'll read them as soon as I get past five other books I've purchased recently. Bottom line - give McNeile a chance. Imagine you're back in time. The 1930s. Reading the latest from H.C. McNeile. You'll love it.

Precursor of James Bond; not politically correct by today's standards

I somehow had this title/character in mind before I was exposed to the book in Amazon, so I was pleased to read it.

First, you need to know that Sapper is a pseudonym used because the British officers were prohibited from publishing in their own names. Sapper was the colloquial name for Engineers who were also trained to fight. Second, please know that all of the books attributed to Sapper are not by the original author but the later ones are by a friend. Wikipedia will explain all this thoroughly and separate the books by author, if you are interested. Third, you need to know that the racist comments were thoroughly acceptable at the time, specifically against Germans and Jews. And women, of course, need to be rescued, flowers that they are. Fourth, the book presented here is the one I read and includes, at the end, a commentary by a British professor which is totally accessible to anyone. I found this to be really helpful in dealing with the racism but also the books' fame as the predecessor of James Bond. I highly recommend reading this either before or after reading the novel.

Beyond all that, let me say that I have purchased more Sapper books and look forward to reading them--once I made up my mind to just ignore the racism.

When I watch British films with some American characters I always wait for the "dissing" of Americans "across the pond." To get even, I'll just say the language of these upper class men is a hoot.

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This story is the stuff of my childhood...movie serials of Perils of Pauline and Buck Rogers...the westerns where you knew who wore the white hats and who wore the black! Bulldog and his wartime pals have all the virtues and the villains have all the vices.