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wrote part of this novel in a caravan after her house burned down. She worked on it for five years, and her new part-time secretary retyped it many times.
Godden, Rumer. A House with Four Rooms. Macmillan.
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She wrote in response...
Residence
Gertrude Thimelby
This convent was linked with that of the nun and writer Gertrude More
(who died in 1633) and her sister and cousins, all of whom were closely related to John Donne
. It had been...