Broadsides and Carnage
Our first Legend@Lunch for 2008 was Head Master, Tim Hawkes, talking about one of his passions - naval history and the literature which it inspires.
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Dr. Hawkes read from or made reference to three authors in particular:
C. S. Forester (we hold Mr Midshipman Hornblower, Flying Colours, The General, The Ship and The African Queen), Dudley Pope (Ramage) and Alexander Kent *(Captain Richard Bolitho RN, The Flag Captain and Form Line of Battle!).
Other books of interest held by TKS Library include:
Patrick O’Brian (The Far Side of the World, Master and Commander), Jay Worrell (Sails on the Horizon, Any Approaching Enemy) and Julian Stockwin (Kydd). Stockwin’s web site is a treasure chest of interesting and archane items like scrimshaw and the poetry of the sea.
* Alexander Kent is the pen name of Douglas Reeman who is a prolific writer of 20th Century naval stories under his true name.
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:43 am
Dr Hawkes really enjoyed his time with us in the Centre for Learnng and Leadership. We have two legends already signed up for term two - The Rev and Mr Phillips.
June 17th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Dear Miss,
Dr. Hawkes - Whilst very interesting - was not the first Legend@Lunch. Mr Ruddock and Mr. Rainey were also before Dr. Hawkes’s presentation.
HeathS.
June 17th, 2008 at 10:13 pm
Heath,
There have been many Legends@Lunch held at the Centre for Learning and Leadership. I believe that Dr Langford (lcl) was only commenting on Legends for 2008 as stated earlier in the article. I continue to enjoy the Legends@Lunch and hope to contribute to the blog further regarding this topic.
Julian