Description: Visit of the Princess - A Romance of the 1960's (Nineteen-Sixties) Mottram, R HPublished by Hutchinson & Co Publishers Ltd, London. First Reprint, 1946, the same year as the First Edition. Bound in the publisher's tan boards, soiled, titled in brown to the spine and upper board. Spine and corners bumped. Internally the block has foxing spots to the closed edges, pages toned. Good overall, no Jacket. This novel shows a dystopian near-future Britain, changed by the visit of a princess from a mysterious island. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Hale Mottram (1883-1971)R. H. Mottram was a novelist, poet, local historian and Lord Mayor of Norwich. He is best remembered for his Spanish Farm Trilogy (1927) which was based on his experiences in WW1 in France and Flanders. The three books in the trilogy were The Spanish Farm, Sixty-Four, Ninety-Four and The Crime at Vanderlynden's. It was later made into a film called the Roses of Picardy. Mottram grew up in the Gurney's Bank building which stands at the top of Prince of Wales Road and as a young man worked as a bank clerk in the building. The building subsequently became Barclay's Bank and is now the Open Centre. One of his novels, Our Mr Dormer, was set in the bank. Mottram was a non-conformist and worshipped at the Octagon Chapel in Colegate. He was also closely involved with the Norwich Society and wrote books on local history - including one on Norwich entitled: If Stones Could Speak.During the Second World War, Mottram became friendly with the American poet Hyman Plutzik who was stationed at the Shipdham Airbase. In his role as Education Officer for the USAAF, Plutzik invited Mottram to lecture at the airfield and then, later in the evening, drove him and his wife back to Norwich. Plutzik's poem On the Airfield at Shipdham is dedicated to Mottram.Mottram also wrote a biography of his friend and fellow novelist John Galsworthy. In 1966 Mottram received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from the newly established University of East Anglia. There is a memorial to him on St. James' Hill on Mousehold Heath - which overlooks the City. He once said that Mousehold Heath was 'the property of those who have the privilege of Norwich birth'. Unfortunately, the memorial was badly damaged by metal thieves in 2011. He is buried in the Mottram family plot at the Rosary Cemetery - off Rosary Road. The Rosary was the first non-denominational cemetery in England. ---------------------------------------------One of a number of similar items I am selling. Check out the other items in my Ebay shop. Postage is always combined where possible.-------------------------------------------- DSR's: If you have any issue with your purchase, please contact me BEFORE leaving feedback. I pride myself on good customer service, and always try to get items sent out within 24-48 hours (1-2 working days). 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Non-Fiction Subject: Literature, Poetry & Criticism
Year Printed: 1946
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Fiction Subject: Science Fiction
Binding: Hardback
Original/Reproduction: Original
Weight: 200g
Author: R H (Ralph Hale) Mottram
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Character Family: Mottram
Publisher: Hutchinson
Place of Publication: London
