April 2017 - BookBlast® Official

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A History of the Authors Club of London C. J. Schüler Review

April 24, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Book Blast review of Writers, Lovers, Soldiers, Spies: A History of the Authors’ Club of London 1891-2016. “The history of the Authors’ Club is studded with famous names: Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas Hardy, Rider Haggard, […]

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Leo Kanaris Blood & Gold Review

April 23, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Blood & Gold, and an earlier thriller by Leo Kanaris, Codename Xenophon, are perfect examples of how well-crafted detective fiction from another culture opens windows on to a new world, showing us that there are […]

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The Quartet Years Georgia de Chamberet BookBlast® Archive

April 21, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

The Quartet Years was first published in Fulfilment & Betrayal 1975-1995 by Naim Attallah (2007). Gael Elton Mayo & The Magnum Photographic Group My mother, Gael Elton Mayo, the novelist, painter and ‘Girl Friday’ for […]

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Far To Go and Many To Love Lesley Blanch BookBlast® Archive

April 21, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Far To Go and Many To Love: People and Places by Lesley Blanch is a selection of early journalism and travelling tales, edited by Georgia de Chamberet. The collection forms a captivating sequel to On […]

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Swallowing Mercury Wioletta Greg Review

April 6, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Swallowing Mercury brings us life according to Wiolka: a vivacious, adventurous little girl growing up on an impoverished farm in 1980s rural Poland. Her mother was summoned to start a work placement two weeks before […]

Linda Kelly Author Interview

April 6, 2017 Georgia de Chamberet Comments Off

Georgia de Chamberet interviews Linda Kelly, biographer and historian, for BookBlast Where were you born and where did you grow up? I was born in Kent and brought up in the country, mostly in Hampshire. […]