Ewald Gerhard Seeliger (1877-1959) was a German

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. Seeliger was a prolific writer who wrote novels mainly set at

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or around

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.Bridgham p.79 He is known for his 1910 novel '' England's Fiend'' about a German inventor who takes on the

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in a new

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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-writer-stub