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Category: Bryher

Bryher, Gate to the Sea

Bryher is a pen name. It's taken from one of the Scilly Isles, where the novelist Annie Ellerman once went on holiday and loved it. She was a shipping heiress, and lived in Switzerland with her husband Kenneth Macpherson and her lover Hilda Doolittle (the writer H D). She was a novelist and a patron … Continue reading Bryher, Gate to the Sea →

Kate 20thC, archaeology, architecture, Bryher, Geoffrey Trease, history, Mary Renault, Naomi Mitchison, nature, outdoor adventure, political / social commentary, the life of the times, the world of work, wartime 6 Comments March 18, 2019
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