Library Discoveries

This is today's book: Banker, Traitor, Scapegoat, Spy? The Troublesome Case of Sir Edgar Speyer by Antony Lentin. Here are my detailed Kindle highlights on Goodreads.

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We return in November with The Command of the Ocean by N. A. M. Rodger and The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel. Check us out wherever you get your podcasts and at www.library.wtdaudio.com

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A tribute to the heroic adventures of Patrick Leigh Fermor and William Stanley "Billy" Moss on Crete in WW2, including a closer look at Paddy's letters and other writings. I have been a fan of Patrick Leigh Fermor for years, but what does Billy's book, Ill Met By Moonlight, add to our knowledge? This is a crossover episode with our Spies of London podcast, and the first of two special episodes on this subject. Enjoy!

In the show I refer to an article I wrote about letters and diaries of famous people. You can read it here: https://paulcdettmann.com/2020/02/08/the-art-of-the-letter

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A look ahead to our special episode on the SOE heroes Patrick Leigh Fermor and Billy Moss, a crossover episode with our Spies of London podcast.

We focus on HMS Surprise by the Folio Society, but this is a special episode about the Royal Naval world created by Patrick O'Brian in 1970 and as featured in the Hollywood movie starring Russell Crowe.

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Emily St. John Mandel is not well-known in the UK, but she is the acclaimed author of Station Eleven, a post-apocalyptic novel about life after a global pandemic. In this episode, I refer to the Museum of Civilization and my suggested gift of a manual (non-electric) printing press. I have now found that article, here: https://paulcdettmann.com/2020/06/22/station-eleven-museum-of-civilization/

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The third novel by Thomas McGuane, this copy is from Lambeth Public Library in London. This episode also mentions Panama and Tom's movie, The Missouri Breaks. You can read more about the national monument in Missouri here: https://missouribreaks.org/the-breaks-story-map/

Tom even made the Paris Review! https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/2867/the-art-of-fiction-no-89-thomas-mcguane

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Terry Nation invented the Daleks and was a famous TV writer in the 1970s and 80s. He wrote for The Saint and The Avengers, and Rebecca's World was his first children's book. This is the US edition illustrated by Larry Learmonth.

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Coningsby is one of the most remembered novels by Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. It has dated, but it is still important as a historical record from one of the few politicians who was also a successful Victorian novelist.

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The novel Triad by Mary Leader inspired Stevie Nicks to write her famous song, Rhiannon. This episode looks at the way these two events are connected.

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