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New book from Paul Smiddy
The latest book from Club member Paul Smiddy is Moonlight Crusaders: Special Duties Pilots over Occupied Europe (Osprey).It explores the creation, development and actions of the Special Duties squadrons, which carried spies, political figures and documents in and out of Occupied Europe. Packed with first-hand accounts and expert research, this book dives into the history…
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BLYTHE BIOGRAPHY WINS NEW ANGLE PRIZE
Blythe Spirit: The Remarkable Life of Ronald Blythe, by Ian Collins, has won the 2025 New Angle Prize for Literature. The judges said: ‘Ian Collins moved us with the obvious affection that he has for Ronald Blythe. It is a work that is rich, insightful in its research, which gives a comprehensive but totally fascinating…
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Gillian Tindall 1938-2025
The Biographers’ Club is very sorry to report the death of Gillian Tindall, an active member for many years and an outstanding biographer and historian. Gillian Tindall began her authorial career as a novelist, winning a Somerset Maugham award, but became better known for biographies such as her life of George Gissing, and for histories…