5/24/2023 0 Comments The midnight watch by david dyer![]() ![]() I learned it has 635 kilometres of shelves, which grow 12km every year, which equals 33 metres of new shelving every day. Yes! When I lived in London I became a reader of the British Library and visited it often to carry out research. It has a magnificent cast of characters and explores themes that still resonate loudly, especially in our brave new Trumpian world: money corrodes your soul people who seek power are often ridiculous human cruelty knows no upper limit money, stupidity and vanity are a poisonous mix a truly civilised society will always protect its poor and dispossessed. Well, I'm still reading it actually - it's quite a thick book. What was the last good book you read?Ĭharles Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby. The Midnight Watch is David's first novel. David's research for The Midnight Watch took him to many and varied places around the world including libraries and sites of interest in New York, Boston, London and Liverpool.ĭavid is currently a teacher and writer, living part of his time in central Sydney and also in Katoomba in the Blue Mountains. The doctorate was conferred in November 2013. In 2009 he was awarded a Commonwealth Government scholarship to write The Midnight Watch as part of a Doctorate in Creative Arts at the University of Technology, Sydney. David has had a life-long obsession with the Titanic and has become an expert on the subject. ![]()
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