Robin Bruce Lockhart
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Robin Bruce Lockhart was a British author
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The son of the British spy R. H. Bruce Lockhart
, he wrote the 1967 book Ace of Spies about the super-spy Sidney Reilly
, which was made into a 1983 television miniseries Reilly: Ace of Spies, starring Sam Neill
. The book was republished in 1984 as Reilly: Ace of Spies.
Bruce Lockhart converted to Roman Catholicism, and his book about the Carthusian
s, Half-way to Heaven (1985), developed from his own experiences as a lay guest at St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster
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Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
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The son of the British spy R. H. Bruce Lockhart
R. H. Bruce Lockhart
Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart KCMG , was a journalist, author, secret agent, British diplomat in Moscow and Prague, and footballer...
, he wrote the 1967 book Ace of Spies about the super-spy Sidney Reilly
Sidney Reilly
Lieutenant Sidney George Reilly, MC , famously known as the Ace of Spies, was a Jewish Russian-born adventurer and secret agent employed by Scotland Yard, the British Secret Service Bureau and later the Secret Intelligence Service . He is alleged to have spied for at least four nations...
, which was made into a 1983 television miniseries Reilly: Ace of Spies, starring Sam Neill
Sam Neill
Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill, DCNZM, OBE is a New Zealand actor. He is well known for his starring role as paleontologist Dr Alan Grant in Jurassic Park and Jurassic Park III....
. The book was republished in 1984 as Reilly: Ace of Spies.
Bruce Lockhart converted to Roman Catholicism, and his book about the Carthusian
Carthusian
The Carthusian Order, also called the Order of St. Bruno, is a Roman Catholic religious order of enclosed monastics. The order was founded by Saint Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns...
s, Half-way to Heaven (1985), developed from his own experiences as a lay guest at St Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster
St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster
St. Hugh's Charterhouse, Parkminster is the only post-Reformation Carthusian monastery in the United Kingdom. It is located in the parish of Cowfold, West Sussex, England....
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Books
- Ace of Spies (1967)
- Half-way to Heaven: The Hidden Life of the Sublime Carthusians (London: Thames Methuen, 1985)
- Reilly: The First Man (1987)
- Listening to Silence: an Anthology of Carthusian Writings (London: Darton, Longman and Todd, 1997)
- "O bonitas!" Hushed to silence: a Carthusian Monk (Salzburg: 2000)