BBC Radio Kent 04.09.2009

PART ONE   Dominic Kent   He had an idyllic childhood in Kent, growing up in Mersham near Ashford. But in 1979 at the age of fourteen, Timothy Knatchbull’s world was shattered when he took a boat trip off the coast of Ireland. The Provisional IRA blew up the vessel assassinating his grandfather, Lord Mountbatten of […]


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Readers’ Letters

A powerful message I was struck by the absence of hate or indeed a desire for revenge. The underlying theme is a powerful message of forgiveness. T Hutchings. August 2022   Humanity thrums from every page A mix of investigative journalism, psychological study and narrative non-fiction I’ve not read before. Humanity thrums from every page. […]


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Contact

Timothy Knatchbull Email: info@fromaclearbluesky.com   Literary agent: www.curtisbrown.co.uk Jonathan Lloyd, Curtis Brown Group Ltd, Haymarket House, 28-29 Haymarket, London SW1Y 4SP Email: jlloyd@curtisbrown.co.uk   UK Publisher: www.penguin.co.uk/ Random House Group 20 Vauxhall Bridge Road, London SW1V 2SA   Publicity Tel: 0207 840 8611 Email: cornerstonepublicity@penguinrandomhouse.co.uk   Indian Publisher: www.penguin.co.in Random House India, 7th Floor, Infinity […]


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Radio interviews with Timothy Knatchbull

27.08.09 BBC World Service: World Update (go to ‘Transcriptions’ for interview) 27.08.09 BBC Radio Four: Today (go to ‘Transcriptions’ for interview) 02.09.09 RTE 2fm: The Tubridy Show (go to ‘Transcriptions’ for interview) 03.09.09 RTE 2fm: The Tubridy Show (go to ‘Transcriptions’ for interview) 02.09.09 TODAYfm: The Last Word (go to ‘Transcriptions’ for interview) 04.09.09 BBC […]


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Newspaper interviews with Timothy Knatchbull

If the article does not appear, please check your downloaded files 19.08.09 Sligo Champion 23.08.09 Irish Independent 23.08.09 Irish Tribune 23.08.09 Sunday Times 27.08.09 Daily Telegraph 28.08.09 Daily Mail 30.08.09 Sunday Times Review 16.09.09 Business Standard 18.09.09 Daily Mail 24.09.09 Kentish Express 12.10.09 Daily Telegraph 28.10.09 Fermanagh Herald 01.11.09 The Hindu 27.02.10 Times of India […]


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  • 'It is one of the most intensely moving stories I have ever read, and I was gripped from the first page.'

    Barbara Taylor Bradford


    'Testament to a remarkable, benevolent soul...With this public love letter he has found a way to say goodbye’. Sunday Times


    ‘It is one of the most penetrating and humane books to have emerged from the Troubles.’

    Irish Independent


    'This amazingly clear-headed and mature book...Intelligent, honest, tender and so moving that it should come with a warning to read this in private because you're going to be in a tear-stained mess.’ Daily Mail


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