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John Harte

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John Harte was born in London, England, between the two World Wars. He absorbed the experiences and lessons of the first world war while growing up in its aftermath, and lived through the second one.

The fact that the author was born when London was the center of the British Empire and the free world, politically, financially, socially and culturally, invests his books about Winston Churchill and England with particular significance, since few people are left who can describe at first-hand what it was really like.

He witnessed at first hand the bombing of London and the Battle of Britain; the launching of the D-Day landings from England's south coast, and the enemy's V1 and V2 rocket attacks intended to destroy London and its population.

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John Harte The coming of World War 2 when I was a child growing up in London and watched the Battle of Britain. My new book is a memoir entitled "Embattled Engla…moreThe coming of World War 2 when I was a child growing up in London and watched the Battle of Britain. My new book is a memoir entitled "Embattled England 1925-1945" It will be distributed worldwide Christmas 2022.(less)
John Harte Fortunately, I have never suffered from writer's block. On the contrary, I am a compulsive writer.…moreFortunately, I have never suffered from writer's block. On the contrary, I am a compulsive writer.(less)
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Serpent In Paradise

Mira Buljan's historical novel entitled "Serpent in Paradise" is to be published in German in Vienna as an Austrian Center PEN edition by the publisher Locker. What is so special about that is, as Mira says, "It takes sometimes the whole eternity for us writers of small languages to reach readers outside our small community."
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“...trying to predict whether global warming will moderate the next ice age is not only impossible but irrelevant. It doesn't help us get through the next few centuries. And one can only imagine our future, shivering, ice age descendants cursing us for leaving them no fossil fuel to create a global warming "greenhouse" effect when one is really needed.”
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