From an early age he was interested in spy novels carrying around Buchan's Greenmantle and Kipling's Kim stories about India. It must have resonated with his writings in the history of the lawless frontiers of the British Empire. The family hailed originally from the borders of Scotland in Roxburghshire where there was a rich history of barbaric raids and reivers hanging justice. Hopkirk was educated at the Dragon School in Oxford. He grew up at Danbury, Essex, notable for the historic palace of the Bishop of Rochester. Before turning full-time author, he was an ITN reporter and newsc Peter Hopkirk was born in Nottingham, the son of Frank Stewart Hopkirk, a prison chaplain, and Mary Perkins. At the Dragon he played rugby, and shot at Bisley. Peter Hopkirk was born in Nottingham, the son of Frank Stewart Hopkirk, a prison chaplain, and Mary Perkins.
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