Letting in the Light – Excerpt
It’s Publication Day for the paperback of Letting in the Light. A standalone story, this is the third book in the Spindrift trilogy, set in an artist’s community during WWI.
WWI
The Post Office in the Great War
I first became interested in how the postal service operated during the Great War when I came into possession of a handful of letters written by my grandfather to my grandmother in 1918, soon after they were married.
My favourite books for researching WWI
Letting in the Light is set during WWI and these were my most-used research books.
Socks for Soldiers!
Knitting warm clothing for ‘our boys on the frontline and at sea’ became a moral duty soon after the outbreak of the Great War. The movement was spearheaded by Queen Mary through the Queen’s Guild and the Red Cross.
WWI hospital at Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey)
Highclere Castle is the setting for the popular drama series, Downton Abbey. During WWI, Downton is turned into a convalescent hospital. The story is fiction but the hospital established at Highclere Castle in 1914 was real.