A Quote by Alan Bradley

I grew up in a very British family who had been transplanted to Canada, and my grandmother's house was filled with English books. I was a very early reader, so I was really brought up being surrounded with piles of British books and British newspapers, British magazines. I developed a really great love of England.

Alan Bradley

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Alan Bradley
Canadian - Writer

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Stephen Fry

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Melanie Chisholm

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David Harewood

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Alfred Molina

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William Monahan

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Rachel Griffiths

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Morten Tyldum

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