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Ewald Gerhard Seeliger (1877-1959) was a German
Ewald Gerhard Seeliger (1877-1959) was a German novelist
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. Seeliger was a prolific writer who wrote novels mainly set at sea
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or around Hamburg
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.Bridgham p.79 He is known for his 1910 novel ''England's Fiend
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'' about a German inventor who takes on the Royal Navy
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in a new airship
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, and his 1913 comedy crime story '' Peter Voss, Thief of Millions'' which has been adapted into many films. He is sometimes known as E.G. Seeliger.
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*Bridgham, Frederick George Thomas. ''The First World War as a Clash of Cultures''. Boydell & Brewer, 2006. 1877 births 1959 deaths 20th-century German novelists German male novelists 20th-century German male writers {{Germany-novelist-stub