Adventurer and author. Born Venice. First came to London in 1763. Father to two of Teresa Cornelys's children. Died in Bohemia.
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Spirit of Soho Mural
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Tabard Inn
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Ian Fleming
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P. D. James
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Stephen John Fry
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