John 8.7

I hope Louis de Bernières remembers what he wrote in 1994.

Corelli’s Mandolin

Some books have memorable openings, none more so than Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.

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To War with Whitaker

“If you buy one more book this year, do make it To War with Whitaker” wrote Dirk Bogarde in The Daily Telegraph in 1994. His advice holds true today.

Sir John Verney, Bt.

Yesterday’s post gives, I hope, a tantalising glimpse of a Renaissance man: Sir John Verney, Bt. His obituary, in The Times 5th February 1993, fills out the picture.