Talk:Colonel Charles Russell

info from the books as I read them

In book 2, Venetian Blind lots of stuff:

Says he's "an indifferent bridge player" (61)

has sherry and biscuits for lunch when too busy to go out (63)

"He was a churchgoer by mild conviction, but not a moralist." His vicar is a High Churchman. (64)

In book 4, The Unquiet Sleep, he has "bright blue eyes", page 70

He is pleased that he can "remember a little Latin" from Martial, page 71

He is an "Anglo-Irishman", page 71, with "a decoration he had won in battle", page 72

Now he's "rising sixty" again, page 151

does he really get two articles?

Does he really get two articles, one with his real name and one with his pen name? Just curious!Pat Palmer (talk) 04:23, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

not at all. William Haggard is the name of the author. Colonel Charles Russell is his lead character. Just like Raymond Chandler and Philip Marlowe. Hayford Peirce (talk) 14:32, 10 October 2020 (UTC)

Oops! Sorry to misunderstand. I will reread.Pat Palmer (talk) 00:59, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

Even Great Homer nods, as the saying goes, hehe....Hayford Peirce (talk) 01:11, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

But I imagine that having his picture there in the Russell article might confuse things for a cursory glance. And, of course, I would imagine that Colonel Russell is probably as close a fictional creation to his author's life and personality as exists in this kind of fiction. Dashiell Hammett had been an actual detective, so maybe some of HIS characters mimicked him, but Philip Marlowe would just be a dream in Chandler's head....Hayford Peirce (talk) 01:16, 11 October 2020 (UTC)