Lydia Syson

1. Mr Peacock’s Possessions: sources and background reading

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   May 4, 2018 by Lydia Syson

   As noted in the book, the most important sources for Mr Peacock’s Possessions were: Elsie K Morton Crusoes of Sunday Island, 1957. Steven Gentry, Raoul …
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   Category Reviews & more | Tags: Bibliography, blackbirding, island fiction, Kermadecs, Lydia Syson, Missionaries, Mr Peacock's Possessions, Native Teachers, Niue, Pacific Slave Trade, Raoul Island, sources

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2. LIBERTY’S FIRE reviews

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   May 19, 2015 by Lydia Syson

   

   ‘remarkable…a novel of extraordinary resonance and power…Both as a gripping narrative which defines the meaning of ‘page-turner’ perfectly and also …
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   Category Reviews & more | Tags: Liberty's Fire, Reviews

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3. A WORLD BETWEEN US reviews

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   April 19, 2015 by Lydia Syson

   Christmas book pick in The Observer , The Telegraph , The Morning Star & Radio Suffolk, Teen book club choice on The Guardian Children’s Book website, recommended …
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   Category Reviews & more | Tags: A WORLD BETWEEN US, Armadillo, Book bloggers, Books Teen & Magazines, Booktrust, Celia Rees, Historical YA, International Brigade Memorial Trust, Jewish Chronicle, Jewish Socialist, Julia Eccleshare, Lydia Syson, Morning Star, Observer, Red House, Reviews, Sugarscape, teen book reviews, Telegraph, The Guardian, UKYA, We Love This Book

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4. THAT BURNING SUMMER reviews

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   April 18, 2015 by Lydia Syson

   Please follow links for full reviews (where available): Linda Newbery wrote in Armadillo (Editor’s Choice): ‘Lydia Syson is the kind of writer who …
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   Category Reviews & more | Tags: blog reviews, Book bloggers, latest reviews, Lydia Syson book reviews, Reviews, Teen fiction, That Burning Summer, UKYA, WW2 fiction, YA fiction reviews

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5. DOCTOR OF LOVE reviews

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   April 17, 2015 by Lydia Syson

   

   “Syson’s enthralling book offers a new portrait of Graham as an authentic innovator… [An] admirable and engaging book.” – The Guardian …
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6. Find out more about about the history behind Liberty’s Fire

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   March 2, 2015 by Lydia Syson

   

   ‘What is the Commune, that sphinx so tantalizing to the bourgeois mind?’ (Marx:The Civil War in France) Simply put, the …
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   Category Reviews & more | Tags: 1871, Books about Paris Commune, Citoyennes, Communardes, Communards, Franco-Prussian War, further reading, Liberty's Fire, Lissagaray, Louise Michel, Paris Commune, Paris Commune bibliography, photography, reading list, Revolution, Siege of Paris, Vallès, Women

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7. That Burning Summer: links and background resources

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   March 1, 2015 by Lydia Syson

   

   Interested in exploring any of the history, ideas or places in That Burning Summer?  Here are some good starting points –

   Category Reviews & more | Tags: Bibliography, further reading, history behind, That Burning Summer

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8. Find out more about the background to A WORLD BETWEEN US

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   March 1, 2015 by Lydia Syson

   There have been about 15,000 books written in English about the Spanish Civil War – twice that many in Spanish, …
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   Category Reviews & more | Tags: A WORLD BETWEEN US, Bibliography, books about Spanish Civil War, films about Spanish Civil War, novels, Reading, Spanish Civil War

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9. Privacy Policy

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   May 25, 2014 by Lydia Syson

   MY EUGDPR STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE

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10. The Disappearance of Émile Zola: Love, Literature and the Dreyfus Case – JQ review

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    April 12, 2014 by Lydia Syson

    The Disappearance of Émile Zola: Love, Literature and the Dreyfus Case – Review

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