About Timothy Holme
Lived 1928 – 1987 (aged 58–59). Timothy Holme was a British actor, journalist, writer and biographer.
Timothy Holme (1928–1987) was an English born, but latterly Italian resident, author. He is best known for his biography of Carlo Goldoni, the Venetian playwright and librettist, and for his series of five mystery novels featuring the fictional Neapolitan detective Achille Peroni.
Holme's parents were the producer and curator Stanford Holme and actress and author Thea Holme. His maternal grandfather was the architect Philip Mainwaring Johnston. Vile Florentines: The Florence of Dante, Giotto and Boccaccio (1980)
Novels The Neapolitan Streak (1980) A Funeral of Gondolas (1981) The Devil and the Dolce Vita (1982) The Assisi Murders (1985)
Stage Plays "The Door" "Tall Story"
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Who was Timothy Holme?
British writer (1928-1987)
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Timothy Holme was born in 1928 in United Kingdom.
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Timothy Holme died in 1987 in Italy.
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Timothy Holme was an actor, journalist, writer and biographer.
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Timothy Holme was British.
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