Monthly Archives: October 2009

Eastward Ho! – Dornford Yates’ lost play

Posted on October 29, 2009 by G. A. Michael Sims

There has always seemed to be some mystery about the existence of a musical play by the novelist Dornford Yates (real name Cecil William Mercer) amongst his enthusiastic readers. It remained so until 1982 when his biographer, A. J. Smithers, … Continue reading →

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Engineer and Novelist Nevil Shute (Norway) – A brief account

Posted on October 18, 2009 by G. A. Michael Sims

(…originally published in the ibooknet newsletter for October 2004) Nevil Shute Norway was born 17th January 1899 at Ealing, London, the youngest of two brothers and the son of a senior civil servant in the General Post Office. At an … Continue reading →

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Collecting Royal Naval Patrol Service books

Posted on October 18, 2009 by G. A. Michael Sims

(…originally published in the ibooknet newsletter for November 2002) A brief history of the Royal Naval Patrol Service The Royal Naval Patrol Service (RNPS) was a ‘navy within a navy’ during WW2. In 1939 much of Britain’s domestic freight distribution … Continue reading →

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