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- Thu 25 Jun, 2009 16:59:17
- Forum: They Found Atlantis
- Topic: They Found Atlantis
- Replies: 18
- Views: 97605
- Thu 25 Jun, 2009 15:14:12
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Better To Marry- by Eve Chaucer
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8114
Better To Marry- by Eve Chaucer
I've recently finished reading my second Eve Chaucer novel, Better To Marry-, and found it a very different experience from the light-hearted tale of No Ordinary Virgin. Better To Marry- starts normally enough as a romance played out both in rural England and in the more exotic setting of Dakar, Sen...
- Thu 25 Jun, 2009 14:42:42
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Now don't get upset anyone - this is just for fun
- Replies: 12
- Views: 15077
Right, you may have to dig deep to work out one or two of the references here, and maybe even deeper to raise a laugh, but.... You know you've read too many Roger Brook novels when; - You find yourself doing the crossword with a quill pen - You've figured out a French version of your name, but your ...
- Sun 21 Jun, 2009 21:03:30
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Clinton House
- Replies: 45
- Views: 66737
Dear Charles Many thanks for the details; I did search for the planning application on the Lambeth Council website earlier on, but missed it as I was looking for Clinton House rather than 1 Palace Road. I have now lodged my objection using the facility provided on the website as you suggested, rathe...
- Sat 20 Jun, 2009 11:19:07
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Clinton House
- Replies: 45
- Views: 66737
Well done Charles! This is a good example of a way (aside from the obvious) in which contributors to this website can take action to try to preserve the DW heritage. Whilst I don't suppose that our representations would carry anything like as much weight as those of local residents, I nevertheless ...
- Thu 18 Jun, 2009 22:54:04
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Re www.socialgo.com
- Replies: 3
- Views: 10643
- Mon 8 Jun, 2009 21:40:11
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Churchill's Bunker ("Oh no, not another one!")
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17356
Churchill's Bunker ("Oh no, not another one!")
"Oh no, not another one!" I hear you cry. But yes, 'tis true, another book which includes a few references to DW; another image for Dear Old Charles to add to the 'Books About' section. 'Churchill's Bunker' by Richard Holmes, in association with the Imperial War Museum (Profile Books, 2009...
- Sun 24 May, 2009 20:43:40
- Forum: The Fabulous Valley
- Topic: Where there's a will....
- Replies: 5
- Views: 60243
A couple of months ago I was looking for an exciting adventure to read, so decided on a DW - my first for a few years - and selected The Fabulous Valley. It must have been twenty years since I first read it, and I remembered it indeed as 'Boys Own' stuff, as Stevie P said in the first post on this t...
- Sat 23 May, 2009 23:26:09
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Next years Convention
- Replies: 49
- Views: 65065
Well, Jean and I can't make Sep 12, and are extremely doubtful for the ones either side of that, Sep 5 and Sep 19. In any event, as a Convention without Charles is in our opinion unthinkable, our votes at this stage go to Oct 3 and Oct 10, but if a later date should prove desirable, any time from No...
- Thu 21 May, 2009 14:35:10
- Forum: The Black Baroness
- Topic: The Black Baroness
- Replies: 5
- Views: 58304
It's many years since I read The Black Baroness, but I find this fascinating. Whilst I've always enjoyed Wheatley's blend of fact and fiction, I've never been entirely sure where fact has ended and fiction begun. With DW's 'inside knowledge' of wartime affairs, the boundaries are likely to be somewh...
- Sat 9 May, 2009 10:50:54
- Forum: Gunmen, Gallants And Ghosts
- Topic: Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 86744
- Wed 6 May, 2009 21:38:18
- Forum: Gunmen, Gallants And Ghosts
- Topic: Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 86744
- Tue 5 May, 2009 22:38:03
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: No Ordinary Virgin by Eve Chaucer (Mrs Dennis Wheatley)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5037
No Ordinary Virgin by Eve Chaucer (Mrs Dennis Wheatley)
I've just finished reading No Ordinary Virgin, the first Eve Chaucer I've ventured to read. It's a rather unusual tale of a woman - Venetia - who has reached her late twenties with her honour intact, as it were, despite having been married (her husband died a few hours after the wedding). She declar...
- Tue 5 May, 2009 21:56:30
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Fooling Hitler
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9487
Drat! (Can I say 'drat' in the Library?) Looks like we missed an interesting programme there Charles. Why didn't the someone ring you before it was shown? Guess they didn't realise DW was going to make an 'appearance'. If we could get hold of a recording, it might be a good item for inclusion on the...
- Tue 5 May, 2009 21:49:23
- Forum: Gunmen, Gallants And Ghosts
- Topic: Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts
- Replies: 10
- Views: 86744
Re: 'The Born Actor' - Venetia is also the name of the heroine of 'No Ordinary Virgin' by Eve Chaucer (Mrs. Dennis Wheatley). The only two occasions I can recall seeing the name, although I'm now going to check the staff badge of that Italian-looking woman who works in my local blind fittings shop. ...