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"Michael Powell's Edwardian Canterbury"

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AUTHOR SEEKS PUBLISHER OR SPONSOR

Now that he has launched a new edition of his A Canterbury Tale - Memories of a Classic Wartime Movie, Paul Tritton has resumed work on Michael Powell's Edwardian Canterbury. This will be an account of Powell's boyhood and schooldays at Bekesbourne and Canterbury, with extracts from A Life in Movies and hundreds of photographs of the Powell family, and of Canterbury and its countryside in the early 20th century - including villages and landscapes where Powell filmed scenes for A Canterbury Tale in 1943. Thelma Schoonmaker Powell has written a Foreword. Paul is now seeking a publisher or sponsor for the book and will be pleased to hear from anyone who may be interested. Any publishers or distributors interested should contact Paul at paul.tritton@btinternet.com More ...

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