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Christopher Rush

Born

in St. Monans, Fife, Scotland

November 23, 1944

Genre

Fiction, Poetry

Influences

Alastair Mackie, George Mackay Brown ...more

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Christopher Rush is a Scottish writer, for thirty years a teacher of literature in Edinburgh. His books include A Twelvemonth and a Day (1985) (chosen by The List magazine in 2005 as one of the 100 best Scottish books of all time) and the highly acclaimed To Travel Hopefully (2005).

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Christopher Rush’s books

Average rating: 3.53 · 486 ratings · 113 reviews · 41 distinct works • Similar authors

	Will 3.35 avg rating — 170 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	To Travel Hopefully 3.87 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2005 — 5 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
	Hellfire and Herring: A childhood remembered 3.92 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	A Twelvemonth and a Day 4.33 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1985 — 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
	Penelope's Web 2.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2015 — 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
	Venus Peter Saves the Whale 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1992 — 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
	Last Lesson of the Afternoon 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1994 — 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
	Peace Comes Dropping Slow by Christopher Rush, George Mackay Brown (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1983 — 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
	Sex, Lies and Shakespeare (3) 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2009	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
	Letters from Elsinore: I loved Ophelia 3.33 avg rating — 3 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

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What books about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like to have as our Group Read in August 2018?

Blood Will Tell: A Medical Explanation of the Tyranny of Henry VIII by Kyra Cornelius Kramer

9 votes, 12.0%

The White Rose Murders by Paul Doherty

8 votes, 10.7%

Mary Rose: Tudor Princess, Queen of France. The Extraordinary Life of Henry VIII's Sister by David Loades

7 votes, 9.3%

Margaret Pole: The Countess in the Tower by Susan Higginbotham

6 votes, 8.0%

Anne of Cleves: Henry's Luckiest Wife by D. Lawrence-Young

6 votes, 8.0%

Amy Robsart: A Life and Its End by Christine Hartweg

5 votes, 6.7%

The Sisters of Henry VIII: The Tumultuous Lives of Margaret of Scotland and Mary of France by Maria Perry

5 votes, 6.7%

Anne Boleyn by Evelyn Anthony

4 votes, 5.3%

The Spanish Bride by Laurien Gardner

4 votes, 5.3%

Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Vanora Bennett

4 votes, 5.3%

Katherine the Queen: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Parr by Linda Porter

4 votes, 5.3%

Will by Christopher Rush

4 votes, 5.3%

The Last Armada: Queen Elizabeth, Juan del Águila, and Hugh O'Neill: The Story of the 100-Day Spanish Invasion by Des Ekin

4 votes, 5.3%

Anne Seymour: Lady in Waiting to Henry VIII's Six Wives by Susan Higginbotham

3 votes, 4.0%

Catherine of Aragon: The Spanish Queen of Henry VIII by Giles Tremlett

2 votes, 2.7%

Six Wives of Henry VIII by Gladys Malvern

0 votes, 0.0%

75 total votes

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