Posted by Jonathan Labaree on May 21, 2003 at 14:27:14 from 207.5.234.19 user JLabaree.
In Reply to: Childers was Re: Dulcibella and lifeboat conversions generally (was: Death & Glory DESIGN) posted by Ian E-N on May 21, 2003 at 08:11:30:
I enjoy the literary symmetry of Dorethea’s finding Riddle of the Sands on Captain Flint’s bookshelf, since the finding of a book on Dulcibella’s bookshelf plays a pivotal role (twice!) in Childers’ book. I don’t know about any of you, but I often find myself scanning bookshelves when I enter someone’s home for the first time. What a lot our books tell about us.
Ian, thank you for that link. I hope to track down that new biography some day.