Stephen Dando-Collins is an Australian writer and novelist, with books centred around Antiquity, American history, British history, Australian history, and French history. He worked in advertising in Australia and Britain as a graphic designer, copywriter, creative director, and senior advertising agency executive. An independent marketing consultant for some years, he ran the Australian operations of an American market research company before mo...
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