Record Number: 32110

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Reading Experience:

Evidence:

'I have had a pleasant, lazy morning reading old James Grant's Romance of War!. I expect the romance was always under one's own cap and tunic.'

Century:

1900-1945

Date:

30 Dec 1917

Country:

France

Time

morning

Place:

city: Arras
specific address: YMCA hut
other location

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

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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

Ernest William Hornung

Age:

Adult (18-100+)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

7 Jun 1866

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

Author and YMCA volunteer

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

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Text Being Read:

Author:

James Grant

Title:

The Romance of War: Or, the Highlanders in Spain

Genre:

History, Military history

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

owned

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Source Information:

Record ID:

32110

Source:

Manuscript

Author:

Ernest William Hornung

Title:

War Diary, December 1917-March 1918

Location:

Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham

Call No:

MS 127

Page/Folio:

n/a

Additional Information:

n/a

Citation:

Ernest William Hornung, War Diary, December 1917-March 1918, Special Collections, Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham, MS 127, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=32110, accessed: 17 May 2024

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Additional Comments:

None