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GEORGE SAVA

1903 - 1996

Writing as: George Braddon, Peter Conway, Alec Redwood, George Sava


According to Wikipedia: "George Sava (October 15, 1903 – March 15, 1996) was a British surgeon and prolific writer of Russian origin.

Described as a "Russian exile", he was born George Alexis Bankoff on October 15, 1903. The grandson of Countess Sophia Sergeyevna Ignatieva and Count Alexei Pavlovich Ignatiev, the former governor of Siberia, who was assassinated in 1906 for his perceived role in a plot to overthrow the Tsar, Sava's life was devoted to surgery and the pursuit of his literary ambitions. He wrote approximately 120 books under the pseudonyms George Sava, George Borodin, George Braddon, Peter Conway, Alec Redwood, and others as well as numerous non-fictional books on surgical techniques under his real name. His father was a Bulgarian who, at a time when Bulgaria was part of the Ottoman Empire, migrated to Russia. He was a Lieutenant in the White Russian Navy when he was seventeen. He was forced to perform emergency surgery without any medical training that saved the life of a comrade which induced him to pursue a career in medicine and to become a surgeon.

He died on March 15, 1996, and was survived by five children."



Series Books
George Braddon
 
Other Death Doubles Death [Michael Gaunt] (1952)
  Death in the Picture [Michael Gaunt] (1951)
  Death Rings No Bell [Michael Gaunt] (1951)
  The Dog It Was That Died (1948)
  Judgment Deferred (1948)
  Lady Death (1955)
  Microbe's Kiss (1940)
  Murdered Sleep (1949)
  That He May Die (1945)
  They Stand Accused (1945)
  Time Off for Death [Michael Gaunt] (1952)
 
Peter Conway
 
Other A Dark Side Also (1940)
  Expert Witness (1949)
  Hands Without Healing (1950)
  His Hand Betrays (1953)
  Miss Pegham (1951)
  The Palindrome (1951)
  Revised Proof (1947)
  The Road Winds Back (1942)
  Still They Smile (1946)
  Tapestry Odyssey (1944)
  Those That Have Eyes (1943)
  The Unwanted Child (1941)
  The Weather of My Fate (1947)
 
Alec Redwood
 
Michael Grant The Lady Is Not Fooling (1974)
  Mad Dogs And Englishmen (1976)
  The Day Of The Redeemer (1977)
  Deadline Moscow (1978)
  Wine With Veronica (1979)
 
 
George Sava
 
Other Alias Doctor Holtzmann (1968)
  All This and Surgery Too (1958)
  Appointments in Rome (1963)
  Austrian Concerto (1952)
  The Beloved Nemesis (1971)
  Betrayal in Style (1983)
  Bill of Indictment (1986)
  Bitter-sweet surgery (1969)
  The Boon of the Atom (1946)
  A Boy in Samarkand (1950)
  Bride of Neptune (1955)
  Caught By Revolution (1952)
  Change of Heart (1981)
  The Charm of Ballet (1955)
  The Chetniks (1942)
  City of Cain (1969)
  Cocaine for Breakfast (1973)
  Cradle of splendour (1945)
  Crimes Unpunished (1987)
  Crimson Eclipse (1980)
  Crusader's Clinic (1978)
  A Doctor's Odyssey (1951)
  Double Identity (1984)
  The Edge of the Scalpel (1983)
  The Emperor Story (1959)
  Every Sweet Hath Its Sour (1974)
  Flight from the Palace (1953)
  The Gates of Heaven are Narrow (1968)
  Happiness Is Blind (1987)
  The Imperfect Surgeon (1969)
  In quest of health (1968)
  Innocence on Trial (1982)
  Invitation to Ballet (1950)
  Killer Microbes (1982)
  The Knife Heals Again (1955)
  Land Fit for Heroes (1945)
  Link of Two Hearts (1946)
  Living Tapestry (1946)
  The Lure of Surgery (1955)
  Magician of Medeena (1980)
  The Man of Kerioth (1949)
  Man Without Label (1967)
  Mary, Mary Quite Contrary (1977)
  Mickey and His Friends (1980)
  No Crown of Laurels (1950)
  No Man is Perfect (1979)
  Nothing Sacred (1970)
  Of Guilt Possessed (1970)
  Of Men and Medicine (1976)
  On the Wings of Angels (1972)
  One Horizon (1948)
  Patients' Progress (1952)
  Peace in Nobody's Time (1943)
  Pillar of Fire (1948)
  Pretty Polly (1976)
  Price of Prejudice (1982)
  Punishment Deferred (1966)
  Red Surgeon (1945)
  Return from the Valley (1973)
  Rose by Any Other Name (1988)
  The Roses Bloom Again (1989)
  School for War (1958)
  Secret Surgeon (1979)
  Sex, Surgery, People (1967)
  The Shadow On the Path (1949)
  Sheilah of Buckleigh Manor (1974)
  Sins of Andrea (1972)
  Skeleton for My Mate (1971)
  Smile Through Tears (1985)
  Strange Cases (1950)
  A Stranger in Harley Street (1970)
  Stranger in His Skull (1979)
  Surgeon and His Knife (1980)
  A Surgeon At Large (1956)
  A Surgeon in Australia (1966)
  A Surgeon in California (1962)
  A Surgeon in Cyprus (1965)
  A Surgeon in New Zealand (1964)
  A Surgeon in Rome (1961)
  A Surgeon Remembers (1953)
  Surgeon under Capricorn (1954)
  A Surgeon's Destiny (1945)
  Surgeon's Symphony (1944)
  Surgery and Crime (1957)
  Surgery Holds the Door (1960)
  Tell Your Grief Softly (1972)
  They Come by Appointment (1955)
  They Stayed in London (1941)
  This Thing Called Ballet (1945)
  Those Borgias (1940)
  The Transforming Knife (1981)
  Twice the Clock Round (1948)
  Valley of Forgotten People (1941)
  The Way of a Surgeon (1959)