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Ritchie-Hook Model Appears in New Book

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Jeffrey Manley

Writing in the Irish Times, author Mark Felton describes one of the British officers who appear in his new book as the model for Evelyn Waugh’s eccentric Ben Ritchie-Hook in his Sword of Honour trilogy. This is Brigadier-General Adrian Carton … Continue reading →

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