I’m getting towards the end of a book; Portsmouth a literary and pictorial tour by Matt Wingett. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it. One aspect that has featured quite a bit ( unsurprisingly) are the names of famous writers mentionned in the book, they include;
- Jane Austen
- Arthur Conan Doyle
- Charles Dickens
- H G Wells
- Beatrix Potter
- Nevil Shute
- Pauline Rowlson
Other famous people are associated with the city, including Ghandi and one T E Shaw (Who’s he?) turns out T E Shaw is also T E Lawrence pr Lawrence of Arabia.
It turns out that Nevil Shute wasn’t just an author. He developed the first retractable undercarriage for an aircraft.
Fascinating stuff.
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