Day fourteen of the ‘advent calendar’ focusing on some of the historical/genealogical sources that I used in the writing of Barefoot on the Cobbles.

Two of the longest chapters in the novel are set in war-time Torquay. Torquay was the home-town of the crime writer Agatha Christie. She does make an appearance in the book, although you might not recognise her. Like my character, Winnie, Agatha worked at the Town Hospital in Torquay, nursing convalescent servicemen. The BBC website includes a recording, in which Agatha reminisces about Torquay during the First World War. There are additional links that give further information about life in Torquay at the time.

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