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William Somerset Maugham CH was a British playwright, novelist and short story writer. He was among the most popular writers of his era and reputedly the highest paid author during the 1930s. During the First World War, he served with the Red Cross and in the ambulance corps, before being recruited in 1916 into the British Secret Intelligence Service, for which he worked in Switzerland and Russia before the October Revolution of 1917. During and after the war, he travelled in India and Southeast Asia; all of these experiences were reflected in later short stories and novels. Robert Hardy, CBE, FSA is an English actor with a long career in the theatre, film and television, most notably as Minister of Magic Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter films. His first continuing role was as businessman Alec Stewart in the award-winning TV series The Troubleshooters for the BBC, which he played from 1966 to 1970. His voice performances include D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers, Frederic Chopin in The Story of Chopin and Robin Hood in Tale Spinners For Children, which is considered one of the best Robin Hood renditions.
'Magnificent.' -- Express UK 'From an era that produced George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells and John Galsworthy, Maugham is the great survivor.' -- The Economist 'I picked it up and couldn't put it down.' -- Alexander McCall Smith
