Date/Time
Tuesday 31st January 2012
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Booking
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Lunch and Listen – E.V. Thompson My Life
E.V. Thompson has enjoyed an eventful and varied lifestyle, in many parts of the world. It began as a small child when the family’s London home was destroyed by Luftwaffe bombs and he was taken to Oxfordshire where he was later educated at Burford Grammar School.
E.V. Thompson has enjoyed an eventful and varied lifestyle, in many parts of the world. It began as a small child when the family’s London home was destroyed by Luftwaffe bombs and he was taken to Oxfordshire where he was later educated at Burford Grammar School.
Joining the Royal Navy at the age of 15, he was caught up in the Korean War and developed a love of travelling which has never left him. Upon leaving the navy he began writing short stories whilst involved in many occupations from secondment to the Hong Kong Police Narcotics Bureau to sweeping floors in one of Cornwall’s China Clay Works, whilst pursuing a writing career. Eventually, when working as a Civil Servant in Devonport naval dockyard and with more than 200 short stories published around the world, his first novel, Chase The Wind, a novel about the 19th century copper miners of Cornwall’s Bodmin Moor and the first of what would be the Retallick series of novels, won an award as “The Best Historical Novel of the Year”. This was to set him firmly on the path to full-time authorship, a career which has to date seen almost 40 novels published in his name, many of them international best-sellers, their settings ranging from Cornwall where he has his home, to Europe, Africa, the Far East and America, where he is a frequent visitor.
His latest novel Hawke’s Tor was published in November 2011.
The Fowey Hall Hotel is a four star hotel set in superb grounds overlooking the River Fowey. Hanson’s restaurant boasts 2AA Rosettes. The chef, Ben Bass, loves the South West due to the abundance of quality local suppliers which he uses as inspiration for his menu’s including fish and seafood from Looe and Brixham and meat from local Cornish farmers and his passion is reflected in his chosen seasonal dishes.
Fowey Hall Hotel has parking but is also next to the Main Car Park in Fowey. It is also close to the bus route.
Booking: please email admin@dumaurierfestival.co.uk with your reservation details.
Tel: 01726 833847 or send a cheque made payable to The du Maurier Festival Society to
5, South Street, Fowey PL23 1AR. We regret we can only take payment by cash or cheque.
Lunch will be two courses followed by coffee for £20 per person
