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PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
Captain Shakespear (Cape 1976; Quartet paperback 1977)
Mr Winstone has
found a rich vein to mine and he does it entertainingly and well. Patrick
Seale,
Mr Winstone has
done a real service in bringing to light the story of Captain Shakespear's
achievements. John Terraine,
He has given us
a lively picture of the life and death of an Englishman whose name is almost
forgotten in his own country, but has remained a legend in the deserts. Humphrey
Trevelyan,
Gertrude Bell (Cape 1978; Quartet paperback 1982; Constable
paperback 1993; revised and enlarged edition,
Mr Winstone, an
excellent biographer...has written the definitive biography of The Lady. Jan
Morris,
HVF Winstone
neither idealizes her nor psychoanalyzes her; he shows her fairly from all
angles. Valerie Lloyd,
Honest,
thoroughly researched and gracefully written...a sharp credible portrait. Patrick
Seale,
Winstone's book
is a model of its kind...almost everything such a work ought to be. Nissim
Rejwan,
Winstone's book
is cool, sensible, scrupulously detailed, Jonathan Raban,
Mr Winstone
writes very well about Gertrude Bell herself, and discerningly about her
strange, unfulfilled love life...One of Mr Winstone's many merits as a writer
is that he does not conceal his heroine's faults... Charles Chenevix Trench,
This book
admirably conveys the vigour of her mind and will. But it also shows her
capacity for intense emotion...
The Illicit Adventure (Cape 1982; USA, University Publications, 1987)
This is a
massively impressive book. It must become the authority on the Ottoman Arabian
Empire. It is a tale of muddle and murder on a Shakespearean scale. Woodrow
Wyatt (Lord Wyatt),
...a tribute to
Winstone's skill in presenting 12 years' research into the records of all the
nations involved in the carve up of the
This fine
volume...an invaluable source book and may well prove to be definitive. The
plots and counter-plots add to the tension of a good novel and one need not be
an historian to be fascinated by the machinations and duplicity normally hidden
within the subjective histories. Natal Star
In the other
Shakespeare's words: 'Here is God's plenty', a rich and
satisfying book that can be read and read again, by specialist and layman
alike. Alex Gibb,
Mr Winstone
displays the qualities of chess master, genealogist and strategist in this
remarkable combination of detection and correlation. Laurence Cotterell,
Mr Winstone's
book should be read by everyone concerned with the period...TR Fyvel, Jewish
Chronicle
...a worthy
successor to (perhaps a spinoff from) Winstone's earlier books, on Gertrude
Bell and Captain Shakespear, which have done much to bring these highly
attractive characters and their period out of oblivion. David Wasserstein, Irish
Press
A book that is a
must for all.
Only now, after
reading it, do I realise how little I knew about what did happen...Gordon
Thomas, Dublin Evening Herald
Leachman: OC Desert (Quartet
1982)
Mr Winstone relates an enthralling story. As in his previous book
‘Captain Shakespear’, he has rescued an interesting eccentric from the sands of the desert..
Thanks to HVF Winstone’s sympathetic and admirably researched
biography, I feel that I now understand the arcane complexities of the Desert
War. By 1909 he was in
Uncovering the Ancient World (Constable 1985)
In HVF Winstone archaeology
has discovered a sympathetic interpreter who can not only tell a good story and
bring a vivid personality to the page, but can also marshal the archaeological
information in such a way as to make it assimilable. Henry Cleere,
Woolley of
HVF Winstone has
written a scholarly and detailed account of his life. Patrick Taylor Martin,
...admirably
clear narrative. Anthony Powell,
Throughout this
biography, one feels the harmony of his life and character, the satisfaction of
great ability put to the best possible use. Sara Paton,
Howard Carter and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun (Constable 1991; Germany,
vgs, 1993; Italy, Newton Compton, Rome, 1994; Constable paperback, 1993; new,
revised edition, hardback and paperback, Barzan, 2006)
Howard
Carter...died in 1939 without being named in any British honours list, and has
had no biography until now. Here at last is a worthy one by HVF Winstone, an
author who already has lives of Sir Leonard Woolley and Gertrude Bell to his
credit.
Writing with
elegance and sensitivity, Winstone's achievement has been to recover that most
difficult of things, a life. Michael Haag,
...the narrative
grips with a fascination that 70 years and endless retellings cannot dim. Christopher
Hudson,
Lady Anne Blunt (
HVF Winstone has vividly port
The book is an excellent read.
Winstone writes with panache, doesn’t linger over the horse moments, and has a
wide perspective on what it meant to be alive at the high noon of empire. James Fleming, The
You cannot take your eye from this
biography for a moment... Winstone has been
able to produce a poignant and illuminating portrait of a talented,
determined and visionary woman.
Lady Anne’s watercolours, a
selection of which are reproduced in this book, have a particular resonance now
that
Lady Anne Blunt deserves a worthy
biography. This meticulously researched book is the first account of her long
and full life and it makes fascinating reading. Bulletin of the Society for
Arabian Studies
Lady Anne Blunt is probably best
known as the granddaughter of Lord Byron and the wife of the poet, philanderer
and would-be politician Wilfrid Scawen Blunt. Such stellar connections make her
an attractive subject for a biogrpahy, and H.V.F. Winstone has seized his
chance to be the first to rescue her from the long shadow cast by her
flamboyant husband and relatives.
LISTED
WRITINGS
Captain
Shakespear,
Gertrude Bell, Jonathan Cape, 1976; Quartet
(paperback), 1980; re-published in paperback, Constable, 1993; revised, edited
and enlarged edition,
Leachman, OC
Desert,
Quartet 1982.
Diaries of
Parker Pasha (ed.), Quartet, 1982
Royal
Woolley of
Uncovering
the Ancient World, Constable, 1985
Howard Carter
and the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, Constable, 1991; vgs,
Lady Anne Blunt,
With Zahra
Freeth
With
Gerald de Gaury
Spirit of the
East
(Quartet), The Road to
JOURNALISM:
Reporter and features writer with weekly journals and financial features agency
from 1947 - 50. Industrial journal editor and press adviser to Royal Doulton
and others during 1950s and 60s. Freelance writer; magazine editor 1970 - 1982,
chiefly journals of decorative and applied arts; Pottery Gazette, Tableware
International, Home & Table, Ambassador; industrial and commercial
publications; supervisory editor English edition Automobile World
(Zurich); 1975 - 1990 freelance special features writer
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