This article from the London Evening Standard of 18 July 1891 caught my eye. A NOVEL INQUIRY (From our correspondent ) Vienna, Friday Night. The question of trailing dresses, treated…
Robin Quinn
Author of the "The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo" and "Hitler's Last Army".
He has produced numerous documentaries for BBC Radio 2 and is the Executive Producer for media production company, Play It By Ear.
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The incredible true story of Charles Deville Wells, gambler and fraudster extraordinaire.
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ELECTRIFYING NEWS A press report from County Carlow, Ireland, points to the growing use of electricity as a source of power: One of George Meredith’s* sons is an electric engineer,…
16 July 1891 A newspaper article this day reports a trial at Bow Street Magistrates Court. In 1891 there were stiff penalties for those accepting money on the promise that…
The German Emperor’s state visit to Britain came to an end. The Manchester Courier reported his departure on the Imperial yacht as follows: The German Emperor arrived at South Leith…
For a novelist writing a work of fiction in a familiar setting and era, the amount of research needed may be minimal – or even non-existent. But for writers of…
Charles Deville Wells, better known as ‘The man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo’, was the son of Charles Jeremiah Wells – a relatively unknown yet highly-acclaimed…
Hitler’s Last Army – which came out in 2015 – now has seven five-star reviews on Amazon. My thanks to those who have made such kind and positive comments, and…
People often ask how I got the idea for this book. A few years ago I was researching some completely unrelated topic in an old newspaper from the 1920s. I…
For more info on German prisoners of war in the United Kingdom, see the Wikipedia article that I have contributed to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_United_Kingdom Much of the information appears in my book,…
You’ll find more info about Charles Deville Wells, The Man who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo, on Wikipedia here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Wells_(gambler) (I was a contributor to the article. If you…