Costain
Americannoun
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She worked for Costain as a civil engineer and became a British citizen in 2024.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2025
The difficult terrain, plus a dispute with contractor Costain, meant the project has gone more than £100m over budget.
From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2021
Martin has also listed Maurice Druon and Thomas B. Costain as models, two mid-20th-century historical novelists who wrote about medieval France, and you can see echoes of that material in his fictional universe, as well.
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2012
Predator Costain, everyone's favoured bet, then said it wasn't the bidder, setting tongues wagging.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 24, 2011
His swashbuckling sagas, The Black Rose and The Moneyman, not only gave readers a bowing acquaintance with the courts of Kublai Khan and medieval France, but made Costain himself the contemporary king of historical romance.
From Time Magazine Archive
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