Tag: biography

• Memoir Musings: End of the Month Deadline

  I gave myself a deadline of the end of March for completing a draft of the book. I fluctuate between thinking I’ve got no chance and thinking I’ll manage it. I wrote about 1000 words today though and made some actual progress. From Bella Donna by Robert Hichens: ‘suddenly he would become aware of the…

  The Hopeful Edwardian

  March 10, 2023

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  bella donna, biography, book, dickens, Edith Thompson, fenchurch street, freddy bywaters, letters, memoir, our mutual friend, poison, robert hichens, shanklin, st. paul’s churchyard, the fruitful vine, writing

• Meet Freddy

  It seems weird to introduce you to Freddy before officially introducing Edith but it also seemed a good time as it was his birthday the other day (when I started writing this post). Frederick Edward Francis ‘Freddy’ Bywaters was born on June 27th 1902, the second child and eldest son of Frederick Sam Bywaters (1878…

  The Hopeful Edwardian

  July 3, 2022

  Edith Thompson

  1920s, biography, capitalpunishment, Edith Thompson, ediththompson, freddybywaters, frederick bywaters, frederickbywaters, ilfordmurder, thompsonandbywaters