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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 Microbe's Kiss (1940)
  That He May Die (1945)
  They Stand Accused (1945)
  The Dog It Was That Died (1948)
  Judgment Deferred (1948)
  Murdered Sleep (1949)
  Death in the Picture [Michael Gaunt] (1951)
  Death Rings No Bell [Michael Gaunt] (1951)
  Death Doubles Death [Michael Gaunt] (1952)
  Time Off for Death [Michael Gaunt] (1952)
  Lady Death (1955)
 
Peter Conway
 
Other A Dark Side Also (1940)
  The Unwanted Child (1941)
  The Road Winds Back (1942)
  Those That Have Eyes (1943)
  Tapestry Odyssey (1944)
  Still They Smile (1946)
  Revised Proof (1947)
  The Weather of My Fate (1947)
  Expert Witness (1949)
  Hands Without Healing (1950)
  Miss Pegham (1951)
  The Palindrome (1951)
  His Hand Betrays (1953)
 
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 Those Borgias (1940)
  They Stayed in London (1941)
  Valley of Forgotten People (1941)
  The Chetniks (1942)
  Peace in Nobody's Time (1943)
  Surgeon's Symphony (1944)
  Cradle of splendour (1945)
  Land Fit for Heroes (1945)
  Red Surgeon (1945)
  A Surgeon's Destiny (1945)
  This Thing Called Ballet (1945)
  The Boon of the Atom (1946)
  Link of Two Hearts (1946)
  Living Tapestry (1946)
  Pillar of Fire (1948)
  Twice the Clock Round (1948)
  One Horizon (1948)
  The Man of Kerioth (1949)
  The Shadow On the Path (1949)
  A Boy in Samarkand (1950)
  Invitation to Ballet (1950)
  No Crown of Laurels (1950)
  Strange Cases (1950)
  A Doctor's Odyssey (1951)
  Patients' Progress (1952)
  Caught By Revolution (1952)
  Austrian Concerto (1952)
  Flight from the Palace (1953)
  A Surgeon Remembers (1953)
  Surgeon under Capricorn (1954)
  Bride of Neptune (1955)
  The Charm of Ballet (1955)
  The Knife Heals Again (1955)
  The Lure of Surgery (1955)
  They Come by Appointment (1955)
  A Surgeon At Large (1956)
  Surgery and Crime (1957)
  All This and Surgery Too (1958)
  School for War (1958)
  The Emperor Story (1959)
  The Way of a Surgeon (1959)
  Surgery Holds the Door (1960)
  A Surgeon in Rome (1961)
  A Surgeon in California (1962)
  Appointments in Rome (1963)
  A Surgeon in New Zealand (1964)
  A Surgeon in Cyprus (1965)
  Punishment Deferred (1966)
  A Surgeon in Australia (1966)
  Man Without Label (1967)
  Sex, Surgery, People (1967)
  Alias Doctor Holtzmann (1968)
  The Gates of Heaven are Narrow (1968)
  In quest of health (1968)
  Bitter-sweet surgery (1969)
  City of Cain (1969)
  The Imperfect Surgeon (1969)
  Nothing Sacred (1970)
  Of Guilt Possessed (1970)
  A Stranger in Harley Street (1970)
  Skeleton for My Mate (1971)
  The Beloved Nemesis (1971)
  On the Wings of Angels (1972)
  Sins of Andrea (1972)
  Tell Your Grief Softly (1972)
  Cocaine for Breakfast (1973)
  Return from the Valley (1973)
  Every Sweet Hath Its Sour (1974)
  Sheilah of Buckleigh Manor (1974)
  Of Men and Medicine (1976)
  Pretty Polly (1976)
  Mary, Mary Quite Contrary (1977)
  Crusader's Clinic (1978)
  Secret Surgeon (1979)
  No Man is Perfect (1979)
  Stranger in His Skull (1979)
  Magician of Medeena (1980)
  Mickey and His Friends (1980)
  Surgeon and His Knife (1980)
  Crimson Eclipse (1980)
  The Transforming Knife (1981)
  Change of Heart (1981)
  Innocence on Trial (1982)
  Killer Microbes (1982)
  Price of Prejudice (1982)
  The Edge of the Scalpel (1983)
  Betrayal in Style (1983)
  Double Identity (1984)
  Smile Through Tears (1985)
  Bill of Indictment (1986)
  Crimes Unpunished (1987)
  Happiness Is Blind (1987)
  Rose by Any Other Name (1988)
  The Roses Bloom Again (1989)