Tag: ww2

• I Don’t Really have Anything to Say… #2

  I said I would tell you about the novel. It’s about a WW1 nurse who loses her fiancé in the conflict, and the consequences of this for the rest of her life, particularly WW2. Then it becomes a ghost story. It’s set on the Isle of Wight, of course. Well, that’s a bare summary. But…

  The Hopeful Edwardian

  April 26, 2026

  Uncategorized

  a.e. housman, cherry trees, detectorists, first world war, ghost story, isle of wight, land of lost content, novel, Poetry, second world war, world war one, writing, WW1, ww2

• Books I Wish Everyone Would Read (Because I Loved Them So Much)

  (As I am of the ‘YouTube generation’, this post was inspired by the YouTube content of Jack Edwards (check him out if you want to listen to relaxing chat about books or just want some recommendations)). A lot of my favourite books don’t seem very well-known, I’m always telling Mum to read them because no…

  The Hopeful Edwardian

  February 13, 2022

  Literature

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