The Secret Families
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The Secret Families is a Cold War-era espionage novel by British author John Gardner that continues his series exploring the intricate dynamics of a powerful intelligence-linked family across generations.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Secret Families canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8738301 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Secret Families Context triple: [John Gardner (British writer), notableWork, The Secret Families]
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A.
Sacred Families
Sacred Families is a novel by Chilean writer José Donoso that explores the darkly comic dysfunctions and hypocrisies of an upper-middle-class family.
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B.
The Hidden Family
The Hidden Family is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross that blends parallel-universe intrigue, economic speculation, and political maneuvering as its heroine exploits travel between alternate Earths.
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C.
The House of Hidden Secrets
The House of Hidden Secrets is a psychological suspense novel by British author Caroline England that explores buried family tensions, long-held secrets, and the dark undercurrents of seemingly ordinary lives.
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D.
House of the Blackheads
The House of the Blackheads is a richly ornamented historic guild building in Riga, Latvia, renowned for its striking Renaissance-style façade and role as a symbol of the city’s medieval mercantile past.
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E.
The House of Hidden Mothers
The House of Hidden Mothers is a contemporary novel by Meera Syal that explores motherhood, surrogacy, and cultural identity through the intertwined lives of British-Indian characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Secret Families Target entity description: The Secret Families is a Cold War-era espionage novel by British author John Gardner that continues his series exploring the intricate dynamics of a powerful intelligence-linked family across generations.
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A.
Sacred Families
Sacred Families is a novel by Chilean writer José Donoso that explores the darkly comic dysfunctions and hypocrisies of an upper-middle-class family.
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B.
The Hidden Family
The Hidden Family is a science fiction novel by Charles Stross that blends parallel-universe intrigue, economic speculation, and political maneuvering as its heroine exploits travel between alternate Earths.
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C.
The House of Hidden Secrets
The House of Hidden Secrets is a psychological suspense novel by British author Caroline England that explores buried family tensions, long-held secrets, and the dark undercurrents of seemingly ordinary lives.
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D.
House of the Blackheads
The House of the Blackheads is a richly ornamented historic guild building in Riga, Latvia, renowned for its striking Renaissance-style façade and role as a symbol of the city’s medieval mercantile past.
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E.
The House of Hidden Mothers
The House of Hidden Mothers is a contemporary novel by Meera Syal that explores motherhood, surrogacy, and cultural identity through the intertwined lives of British-Indian characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Cold War novel
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novel ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ |
| author |
John Gardner
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linked to:
John Gardner (British writer)
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| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| follows | The Garden of Weapons ⓘ |
| genre |
spy fiction
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasFictionalUniverse | Herbie Kruger universe ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Herbie Kruger ⓘ |
| hasMediaType | print ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryTheme |
Cold War politics
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linked to:
Cold War
espionage ⓘ family saga ⓘ intelligence services ⓘ intergenerational conflict ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | intelligence-linked family across generations ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork | The Secret Families ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Herbie Kruger series ⓘ |
| precedes | The Secret Generations ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| publisher |
G. P. Putnam's Sons
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linked to:
G. P. Putnam’s Sons
Weidenfeld & Nicolson ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | Cold War ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Secret Families Description of subject: The Secret Families is a Cold War-era espionage novel by British author John Gardner that continues his series exploring the intricate dynamics of a powerful intelligence-linked family across generations.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.