Ken Wharton (1)
Auteur van A Long Long War: Voices from the British Army in Northern Ireland 1969-98
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Werken van Ken Wharton
BULLETS, BOMBS AND CUPS OF TEA: Further Voices of the British Army in Northern Ireland 1969-98 (2009) 18 exemplaren
The Bloodiest Year: British Soldiers in Northern Ireland 1972, In Their Own Words (2011) 12 exemplaren
'Sir, They're Taking the Kids Indoors': The British Army in Northern Ireland 1973-74 (2012) 9 exemplaren
Another Bloody Chapter In An Endless Civil War. Volume 1: Northern Ireland and the Troubles, 1984-87 (2016) 9 exemplaren
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Algemene kennis
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- England
UK - Woonplaatsen
- Yorkshire, England, UK
- Opleiding
- University of Warwick
- Beroepen
- writer
soldier - Organisaties
- British Army
- Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award finalist (2002)
John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award finalist (2003) - Korte biografie
- Ken Wharton was born and bred in Yorkshire, where he still lives. Leaving school at 15, he worked variously as a clerk at the Yorkshire copperworks in Leeds, he was a junior tailor in what he describes as a 'sweat shop' then he sold Rington's tea door-to-door, before joining the army at 17. He served for 5 years, including two tours of Northern Ireland. After the army he studied Politics at Warwick University, before a long career in sales. He lives in North Yorkshire with his Australian partner. When time permits he skydives and is a lifelong fan of Leeds United and Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 9
- Leden
- 104
- Populariteit
- #184,481
- Waardering
- 4.1
- ISBNs
- 28