Sapper, the pen name for Herman Cyril McNeile, was a British author renowned for his series of books featuring the character Bulldog Drummond. Born on September 28, 1888, in Bodmin, Cornwall, McNeile served in the British Army, seeing action in World War I, an experience that lent authenticity to his fiction. After the war, he turned to writing, creating the character of Captain Hugh 'Bulldog' Dru...