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| 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.[1] It was published by the Collins Crime Club.[2] 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.