Bulldog Drummond: The Adventures of a Demobilised Officer Who Found Peace Dull

By Sapper and Herman Cyril McNeile

Book Overview

In the first of the Bulldog Drummond stories, the wealthy former WWI officer looks for adventure as a private detective ""Demobilized officer, finding peace incredibly tedious, would welcome diversion. Legitimate, if possible; but crime, if of a comparatively humorous description, no objection. Excitement essential . . . Reply at once Box X10."" When the formidable Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond places this newspaper advertisement, hungry for adventure after the end of World War I, he embarks on a career as the invincible guardian of his country. His first reply comes from a beautiful young woman who sends him to investigate what at first looks like blackmail, but turns out to be far more complicated and dangerous. The rescue of a kidnapped millionaire, later found with his thumbs horribly mangled, leads Drummond to uncover a political conspiracy of awesome scope and villainy, masterminded by the ruthless Carl Peterson. Originally published in 1920, "Bulldog Drummond" set the standard: as Ian Fleming himself confessed, James Bond was Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer from the waist down, but Bulldog Drummond from the waist up.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843548518
• ISBN13: 9781843548515
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Atlantic Books (UK)
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 7.6"

Customer Reviews

Dated but entertaining adventure story

Bulldog Drummond, recently demobilised from WWI, seeks adventure and soon finds it. With the help of his WWI buddies has gets the girl and saves mother England. The language is arcane, the politics questionable, the villains incredibly stupid but this is still a ripping read. Fascinating time capsule of post-WWI English mores.