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Richard Knott

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The United Kingdom

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Richard Knott is a writer and poet. Most of his prose work is about aspects of modern history. For example, 'Black Night for Bomber Command', 'The Sketchbook War' and 'The Secret War Against the Arts' (about MI5's surveillance of artists and writers). Most recently he has written 'All-India and Down Under' (Pitch Publishing) and two collections of poetry: 'Perfect Day' and 'The Texan's House'. He lives in North Somerset.

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	The Sketchbook War: Saving the Nation's Artist in World War II 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Posted in Wartime: Letters Home from Abroad 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flying Boats of the Empire: The Rise and Fall of the Ships of the Sky 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cricket: Wickets, Wit and Wisdom 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All-India and Down Under: Peace, Partition and the Game of Cricket 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Night for Bomber Command: The Tragedy of 16 December 1943 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret War Against the Arts: How MI5 Targeted Left-Wing Writers and Artists, 1936-1956 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Trio: Three War Correspondents of World War Two liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Perfect Day 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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‘''What’s An Artist Doing Here?’

‘Oh, but you should be an artist,’ says a character in Evelyn Waugh’s novel Brideshead Revisited, ‘I had one with my squadron during the last war, for weeks – until we went up the line.’ The implication is that war artists were reluctant to put themselves in danger. In fact, in both wars, artists sought to convey the reality of war and inevitably that meant getting close to it. In the 1914-1918 wa Read more of this blog post »

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As the Crow Flies (DI Nick Dixon, #1)

by Damien Boyd (Goodreads Author)

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Dupe (Anna Lee Mysteries Book 1)

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Hitch 22: A Memoir

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