Greek Tragedy (novel)
First edition | |
| Author | G. D. H. Cole and Margaret Cole |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Superintendent Wilson |
| Genre | Detective |
| Publisher | Collins Crime Club Macmillan (US) |
Publication date | 1939 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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| Preceded by | Double Blackmail |
| Followed by | Murder at the Munition Works |
Greek Tragedy is a 1939 detective novel by the British authors G. D. H. Cole and Margaret Cole. A husband and wife writing team, it was part of their series of novels featuring Superintendent Wilson, one of the many investigators of the Golden Age of Detective Fiction. It was published by the Collins Crime Club. It is set in Greece during the rule of Ioannis Metaxas. Written in peacetime, a year after its publication the Italian invasion of Greece took place, dragging the country into the Second World War.