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Hector Bolitho

Born

in Auckland, New Zealand

May 28, 1897

Died

September 12, 1974

Genre

Biography, History, Fiction

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(Henry) Hector Bolitho was a New Zealand author, novelist and biographer.
Widely-travelled, he journeyed in the South Sea Islands in 1919 and then through New Zealand with the Prince of Wales in 1920. He travelled in Africa, Australia, Canada, America, and Germany in 1923-4, finally settling in Britain where he was to remain for the rest of his life.
On his arrival in Britain he worked as a freelance journalist. At the start of World War II he joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) as an intelligence officer with the rank of squadron leader, editing the Royal Air Force Weekly Bulletin, which in 1941 became the Royal Air Force Journal. In 1942 he was appointed editor of the Coastal Command Intelligence Review.
He had 59 books publ ...more

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Average rating: 4.02 · 696 ratings · 88 reviews · 139 distinct works

	Jinnah: Creator of Pakistan 4.15 avg rating — 241 ratings — published 1954 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Albert, Prince Consort 3.98 avg rating — 180 ratings — published 2014 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Reign of Queen Victoria 3.77 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2010 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Quest of Jinnah: Diary, Notes, and Correspondence of Hector Bolitho by Hector Bolitho, Sharif Al Mujahid (Editor) 4.29 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Penguin in the Eyrie 4.39 avg rating — 23 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Victoria: The Widow and Her Son 3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	King Edward VIII - Duke of Windsor 4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1937 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	War in the Strand: A Notebook of the First Two and a Half Years in London 3.83 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1942 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Finest of the Few: The Story of Battle of Britain Fighter Pilot John Simpson 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Without the City Wall: An Adventure in London Street Names 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Prejudice walking to and fro in flesh and blood is my horror, and, alas, a phenomenon so common; and people plume themselves so much upon their prejudices, as signs of decision of character and greatness of mind, nay, of true patriotism; and all the while they are simply the product of narrowness of intellect, and narrowness of heart.”
― Hector Bolitho, Albert, Prince Consort

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“If you have succeeded in winning people’s hearts by friendliness, simplicity, and courtesy, the secret lay in this: that you were not thinking of yourself. Hold fast this mystic power; it is a spark from Heaven.”
― Hector Bolitho, The Reign of Queen Victoria

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“People do not calculate. As masses, they cannot calculate. They feel only, and are therefore not led by interests nor state — or public Law, principles or deductions, but only by feeling. If you prefer the word, by instincts.”
― Hector Bolitho, The Reign of Queen Victoria

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