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Orwell''s Island: George, Jura and 1984

English

By (author): Les Wilson

Revered across the globe as an author of compelling novels, journalism and essays that came to define the twentieth century, George Orwell was an unmatched political visionary, shining a light on the insidious nature of propaganda. Yet this chronicler of war, social injustices and urban poverty spent his later years living in a rustic and remote farmhouse, miles from the nearest neighbour. His rural escape was on the Hebridean island of Jura another paradox, given that he harboured a deep-seated prejudice against Scotland for much of his life.

In 1946, Orwell arrived at his isolated home of Barnhill as a grieving widower living in the shadow of war and the nuclear threat. It was there he wrote his masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Beyond the writing desk, he was transformed: his new life was one of natural beauty and tight-knit community - and he grew to love a corner of the world he had once dismissed.

Orwells Island casts important new light on a great modern thinker and author. No previous biography has revealed so much about Orwells later years or his time on Jura, despite this being where he created Big Brother, the Thought Police and Room 101creations still in common currency today. 

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Product Details
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 21 Sep 2023
  • Publisher: Saraband
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781913393779

About Les Wilson

A former political journalist Les Wilson is Creative Director of Caledonia TV directing and executive producing documentaries on Scottish history the British monarchy (Scotlands War The Enchanted Glass) and many programmes in the Scottish Gaelic language on literature and arts. He is co-author (with Seona Robertson) of Scotlands War and has a novel and several history books to his name: Islay Voices The Drowned and the Saved: How War Came to the Hebrides (winner of Scotlands National Book Awards history) and Putting the Tea in Britain: How Scots Invented our National Drink.

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