Three Ways to Use Foreign Language in Novels It was my second novel, The Assassin’s Mark. The story took my main character, journalist Jack Telford, to Spain. Towards the end of the Spanish Civil War. Jack had learned some French. Some Spanish as well. And so, to give the novel colour, I used the “normal” three ways to sensibly introduce some … [Read more...] about Foreign Language in Historical Novels – and a Mention for Esperanto
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Nine Things You (Maybe) Didn’t Know About Jack Telford
Jack Telford’s début came with The Assassin’s Mark, set towards the end of 1938. His second set of misadventures were detailed in Until the Curtain Falls, during the final months of the Spanish Civil War, early in 1939. Next, A Betrayal of Heroes follows Jack’s developing career as a war correspondent from 1939 until 1945. And, finally, the … [Read more...] about Nine Things You (Maybe) Didn’t Know About Jack Telford
Jack Telford and Desert Island Discs
SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT READ THIS PAGE UNLESS YOU HAVE FIRST READ THE ASSASSIN'S MARK Some time ago, the reviewer Tori Turner asked me to write a "character interview" for her literary blog, Lily Loves Indie, and the result was this (fictitious) transcript of Jack Telford's appearance on Desert Island Discs on Sunday 8th September 1979. This is … [Read more...] about Jack Telford and Desert Island Discs