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Record Number: 32066


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'Out round waggon lines to fix new places to park amm. waggons and then round dump in morning. In after luncheon�Gibbs out. Read Morley's Robespierre�those times nearly as mad as these.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

4 Mar 1917

Country:

France

Time

afternoon

Place:

city: near M�zi�res
other location: in billet

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

11 May 1881

Socio-Economic Group:

Gentry

Occupation:

Major, 32nd Divisional Artillery

Religion:

n/a

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

France

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

John Morley

Title:

'Robespierre: An Essay'

Genre:

Essays / Criticism

Form of Text:

Print: Book, Unknown

Publication Details

In 'Critical Miscellanies'?

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

32066

Source:

Print

Author:

n/a

Editor:

A. B. Scott

Title:

Artillery and Trench Mortar Memories

Place of Publication:

London

Date of Publication:

1932

Vol:

n/a

Page:

609

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

A. B. Scott (ed.), Artillery and Trench Mortar Memories, (London, 1932), p. 609, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32066, accessed: 05 February 2026


Additional Comments:

None