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Robert Nurden

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Born

in Hertford, The United Kingdom

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Nonfiction, Biography, History

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Robert Nurden took a degree in English at Oxford Brookes University, later qualifying as a teacher. But he soon became a journalist, working on several local newspapers before landing in what used to be known as Fleet Street in the 1980s. Since then he has spent his professional life spinning his own words as a feature writer on the Independent, Guardian and Daily Telegraph or editing other people's.
Like many journalists, he spent many years hankering after the big project. In 2018 he found it by writing "Between Heaven and Earth", the biography of his controversial grandfather, Stanley James. His meticulous research took him to Canada, Ireland and to numerous libraries and archives around England and Wales. It has been described by Irish a ...more

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Research can be emotional

SECRET LOVE, SCANDAL AND DECEIT: WHEN RESEARCH TUGS AT THE HEART STRINGS

Works of non-fiction are generally regarded as staider creations than their fictionalised counterparts. Run-of-the-mill how-to guides, countless self-help manuals and detailed records of obscure episodes in history have all helped to create that rather square reputation. Thrilling tales crammed with tortured souls, unrequited Read more of this blog post »

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