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Lawrence of Arabia (research review)
View this post on Instagram Hero: The Life and Legend of Lawrence of Arabia by Micheal Korda (2011). I listened to this thoughtful, even-handed biography on @audible_books whilst driving; odd hours here and there over a couple of months – … Continue reading
Worthless Men (reading-as-a-writer 10)
View this post on Instagram Why do I bother writing when the world already contains books like Worthless Men by Andrew Cowan (2013)? Set in an English market town in post-Somme 1916, the action spans no more than a couple … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Reading
Tagged 20th century, historical fiction, history, society, soldiers, war, women
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A Whole Life (reading-as-a-writer 8)
View this post on Instagram I really don’t want to write about A Whole Life by Robert Seethaler (trans. Charlotte Collins 2015). I’m afraid I won’t do justice to it – or that thinking too hard about this exquisite book … Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Reading
Tagged characters, historical fiction, history, readers, style, writers, writing techniques
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Three books (soldiers’ diaries of the Great War)
Captain Charlie May is one of the kindest, funniest, most thoroughly decent men I have ever met, on or off the page. Continue reading
A garden by the sea
I visited Chygurno in May 2015. It’s a privately-owned garden – no tea shop, no toilets – just an honesty box in the porch and a homemade information board. I paid my money, read the history and wandered alone along … Continue reading
Three brilliant Great War blogs
Erudite, witty, and beautifully written, this blog never fails to fascinate and move in equal measure. Continue reading
Three books (that bring the early 20th century to life)
Unrequited love and political intrigue; resources which inspire or inform my writing. Continue reading
Posted in 2018, Research
Tagged 20th century, art, history, London, non-fiction, war, women, writing resources
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