Great War (1914-1918): The Society and Culture of the First World War discussion

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message 1: by Feliks (last edited Mar 10, 2014 12:32PM) (new)

Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 16 comments Exercise: can you rattle off the names of as many 'Colonel Blimp'-type figures from British society 1890-1940, as possible? I'd like to expand a list I'm tinkering with and would appreciate having more names ready-to-hand for some of my other conversations around Goodreads.

Here's a few of my favorites (just to start off):
T.E. Lawrence
William Stephenson
Basil Thomson
Robert Baden-Powell
Gen. William Robertson
Sir John Cecil Masterman
Dennis Wheatley
Richard Meinertzhagen

Thanks!

Feliks


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Marilyn Oser | 33 comments Thanks for this. Interesting, indeed.


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Feliks (dzerzhinsky) | 16 comments You're very welcome.

I have a strong interest in detective fiction and spy fiction from that era. Here's two threads in which I've been contributing data:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
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https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...-


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