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Imperial fiction: Boy

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Imperial fiction: Boy

Posted on 16 December 2017 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER reads Marie Corelli’s forgotten Boer War fable from 1900. Continue reading →

Imperial fiction: Beau Geste

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Imperial fiction: Beau Geste

Posted on 10 December 2017 by Alwyn Turner • Leave a comment

ALWYN TURNER on PC Wren’s 1924 tale of the French Foreign Legion. Continue reading →

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