'Of All Faiths & None' The Reason Behind the Name - Part 2
The question of 'Faith' is considered in the novel at various times. When I started writing the novel I had no idea who Jiddu...
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'Of All Faiths & None' The Reason Behind the Name
The working title of the novel for 16 years was 'Castle Drogo'. However, when I came to publish the book I changed the title. There...
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The Grand Teacher
“There is no spot of ground, however arid, bare or ugly, that cannot be tamed into such a state as may give an impression of beauty and...
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A Rage To Live
The novel ends with the words 'a rage to live', which is quote from Moral Essays by Alexander Pope. It is also the title of a brilliant...
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Havering-atte-Bower
In Chapter 61 there is a reference to Lord Cecil Facey's estate at Havering-atte-Bower and Adrian Drewe's marriage at the church. ...
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The Corn Doll
Chapter 31 of the book is an interlude chapter introducing the reader to Arthur Poley and his son George. I had a discussion with my...
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The Man of Property
John Galsworthy's novel was published in 1906 and in my novel Christian Drewe is reading it when he returns from Austria. I wanted to pay...
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The Villa Grazioli
The Villa Grazioli is a palace in Frascati, near Rome, where Cardinal Antonio Carafa once lived. In the novel Celia says that she stayed...
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A Lesson in Taste You Might Say
In the novel Edwin Lutyens proposes to add a Tuscan pillar into Sir Julius Drewe's bathroom when Sir Julius threatens to remove the west...
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The Only Car Lutyens Ever Owned
In Elizabeth Wilhide’s book, Sir Edwin Lutyens: Designing in the English Tradition, she notes that the only car that Lutyens ever owned...
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Love, thought Emily, is the one thing that can be the ruin of a young lady, as she knew herself.
The novel hints at a love affair that the young Emily Lutyens (nee Bulwer-Lytton) may have had. There is no name mentioned in the final...
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Stone of Remembrance
The War Graves Commission wrote: "This ‘great altar stone’ as Lutyens’ referred to it, would stand as a memorial feature in the...
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What's In A Name
Why did I change some names and not others? Actually, it is a difficult question to answer. If you are writing a book about the last...
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Of All Faiths & None - Welcome to my Story
The Beginnings Once upon a time I woke up and realised I did not want to be a lawyer for the rest of my life. I first started writing...
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Castle Drogo
When Edwin Lutyens was asked to design a castle for Sir Julius Drewe, he commented: "I do wish he didn't want a castle but just a...
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Jiddu Krishnamurti
Jiddu Krishnamurti (or K) was born on 11 May 1895 and died on 17 February 1986. He became a figure head for the Order of the Star in...
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Appointment in Samarra
The story of the 'Appointment in Samarra' appears in various versions in the Talmud and in narrative form in the 1933 play, Sheppey, by...
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