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Stuart Blackburn

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Born in the US, first went to India in 1970 as a Peace Corps volunteer. PhD from Berkeley in 1980 on Indian folklore, taught at Berkeley, Dartmouth, Heidelberg, Humboldt (Berlin) and mostly at SOAS in London, where I moved in 1994. Now live in Hove, with my wife, on the south coast. I love historical fiction, not ancient stuff, mostly early to mid 20th century. Novels can bring history alive and help us to understand the past.

New novel in January 2025

My new novel, 'Luck of the Draw', is out on 28th January 2025. It begins in in 1969 with the infamous Draft Lottery, which decided who would be sent to fight in Vietnam and who wouldn't. The novel is partly based on my own life.
The idea for the story did not come to me in a flash or from a single event. Instead, it had been brewing in my head for some years. On one level, a story of love between f Read more of this blog post »
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Average rating: 3.9 · 274 ratings · 41 reviews · 21 distinct worksSimilar authors
All the Way to the Sea

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Into the Hidden Valley

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Luck of the Draw

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The History Wars: Searching...

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Murder in Melur

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The Boy from Shenkottai

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Inside the Drama-House: Ram...

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Print, Folklore, and Nation...

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India's Literary History:Es...

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The History Wars by Stuart Blackburn
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If you like your drama and intrigue with a slice of real history and an insight into human behaviour, then this is the book for you.

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