Tag Archives: Plagiarism

Richard Land, Southern Baptist fundie plagiarist

Posted on 17/04/2012 by

Richard Land the Plagiarist: Top SBC Ethicist Stirs Up Controversy With Someone Else’s Rant More Plagiarism From Head of Southern Baptist Ethics Agency Be sure your sin will find you out, Richard! More on Richard Land’s plagiarism: Richard Land, Southern … Continue reading →

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Mega-plagiarist Quentin Rowan / Q. R. Markham makes self-serving excuses over withdrawn ‘Assassin of Secrets’

Posted on 03/12/2011 by

Confessions of a Plagiarist (though it should really be entitled ‘Excuses of a Plagiarist’) I guess I was pretty sick. There we have it in a nutshell: he didn’t steal all those passages, his pathology did.  Addiction made him do it.  Poor Quentin … Continue reading →

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Crime fiction connoisseur Mike Ripley calls for ‘eagle-eyed editors’ to spot the next Q. R. Markham

Posted on 01/12/2011 by

Mike Ripley writes: ‘I feel genuinely sorry for the fledgling (at least over here) imprint Mulholland Books and that talented young British spy-fiction writer Jeremy Duns, for both have suffered in the furore which has surrounded the withdrawal – before publication – of … Continue reading →

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Q. R. Markham’s ‘Assassin of Secrets’ spy thriller, plagiarized from 17 other books, now soaring in value

Posted on 15/11/2011 by

The original retail price of Assassin of Secrets before it was withdrawn by publisher Mulholland Books/Little, Brown was US$ 14.99. Prices realised on eBay for copies of the book over the last few days: November 12: $ 51.00 (6 bids) November 13: … Continue reading →

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‘Assassin of Secrets’ author/compiler Q. R. Markham describes how he plagiarized from seventeen other books

Posted on 14/11/2011 by

‘[My sources for Assassin of Secrets] have all been found I believe.  All the books mentioned by the great spy novelists Charles McCarry (Second Sight, Tears of Autumn, The Last Supper, Old Boys, Christopher’s Ghosts, The Secret Lovers), John Gardner (License … Continue reading →

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‘Assassin of Secrets’ author/compiler Q. R. Markham (real name Quentin Rowan): worst plagiarist in history?

Posted on 13/11/2011 by

Read the gory details here: Q.R. Markham, Plagiarist Assassin of Secrets Highway Robbery: The Mask of Knowing in Assassin of Secrets Press Release from Mulholland Books re: Q R Markham’s Assassin of Secrets ‘Mulholland Books, an imprint of Little, Brown … Continue reading →

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