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Simon Acland

Born

in Honiton, Devon, The United Kingdom

March 27, 1958

Website

http://www.simonacland.com

Twitter

crusaderhugh

Genre

Historical Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Chretien de Troyes' Roman de Perceval, TS Eliot's The Waste Land, Ovid ...more

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Simon worked as a venture capitalist, investing in early stage technology businesses, for 25 years. The sale of his firm in 2007 gave him the chance to do something completely different.

Simon's first novel, The Waste Land, is the product of several overlapping interests: fascination with the original 12th and 13th century grail romances as a result of studying French at Oxford, enthusiasm for the meaning and origins of ancient myths and legends, and awe for TS Eliot's genius in blending these elements together and giving them universal meaning. His first novel also betrays his suspicion of organised religion, his interest in medieval history, and his enjoyment of adventure stories in the old style.

His second novel, The Flowers of Evil, was ...more

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Thank you Elaine at Random Jottings

I would like to say an enormous thank you to Elaine at Random Jottings http://randomjottings.typepad.com/ for her extremely generous review of The Waste Land. For her to say "hugely enjoyable, engrossing and engaging from start to finish - I loved this book and it will be going on my list of Best Reads for 2010" is praise indeed. But what I thought was really so special about her review was the ex Read more of this blog post »

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Published on July 09, 2010 08:29

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Simon Acland’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 163 ratings · 18 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Waste Land 3.65 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Angels, Dragons and Vultures: Capital Advice for Entrepreneurs 4.21 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 2010 — 7 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
	Elite!: The Secret to Exceptional Leadership and Performance by Floyd Woodrow, Simon Acland 3.47 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2012 — 6 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 Flowers of Evil 4.06 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Thoughts from Abroad really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 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
	Your Child's Christening 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	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 Waste Land] [By: acland-simon] [January, 2010] by Simon Acland, Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 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