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Roger Swindells

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Born
Grimsby, The United Kingdom
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John Mortimer, Geert Mak, John le Carre

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March 2019


Roger Swindells was born and brought up in Grimsby in Lincolnshire moving to Ipswich Suffolk with his job as an officer of H.M.Customs and Excise before retiring after 37 years service.
Married to Lyn, a retired nurse, they have a son Matthew and two grand-daughters. He is an accomplished philatelist and life long fan of Grimsby Town FC , 'The Mariners'.
An avid student of 20th century Dutch history he always flirted with the idea of writing a Dutch based novel.
Following endless encouragement from his sister-in-law Sandra, a forty year love affair with The Netherlands in general and Amsterdam in particular and the discovery in the Dutch press of a story about a box of personal possessions found hidden in an Amsterdam house since WWII, he wa
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Roger Swindells I read about a suitcase found hidden in a house in Amsterdam since 1940 and Mendelevskis Box is based on that idea
Roger Swindells Donna Thank you very much you are so kind. I enjoyed writing Mendelevskis Box very much from the idea the discovery of the suitcase gave me. )The full…moreDonna Thank you very much you are so kind. I enjoyed writing Mendelevskis Box very much from the idea the discovery of the suitcase gave me. )The full newspaper article about it and the search for its owner is here https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/201...)
Anyway to get back to your question, yes I am trying to write a second book but being unable to travel to the Netherlands at the moment is holding me back as I need to do research. The book is also inspired by a true story this time the brave actions of fishermen from what was the island of Urk on the day the Netherlands was invaded in 1940. It is another fictional Jewish story this time set during the war and tells how the family were hidden. Working title is Safe Haven Urk. Watch this space (hopefully)(less)
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