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Sunday, May 25, 2008

M. P. Shiel: Early Years By Harold Billings




M. P. Shiel: Early Years By Harold Billings (2005):
The story of Shiel's ancestors--the "Shiell" family of Montserrat, in its days of slavery and superstition--of Shiel's own exciting youth in this volcanic wilderness, at school in Barbados and England, his years as a young teacher and beginning author in London's fin-de-siecle. 201 pages, 16 plates with photos of Shiel at 14, his family, West Indian friends, as a school teacher in England, etc Unpublished letters. [Limited hardcover now o.p.] The Middle Years in preparation at 90,000 words. - By Harold Billings " (2005) ...


The story of Shiel's ancestors--the "Shiell" family of Montserrat, in its days of slavery and superstition--of Shiel's own exciting youth in this volcanic wilderness, at school in Barbados and England, his years as a young teacher and beginning author in London's fin-de-siecle. 201 pages, 16 plates with photos of Shiel at 14, his family, West Indian friends, as a school teacher in England, etc Unpublished letters. [Limited hardcover now o.p.] The Middle Years in preparation at 90,000 words.

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