Extract from Possum People: Brief lives of some of the prominent people who have had connections with Portesham by Jack Elwin, 2010. IN THE 12TH OR 13TH CENTURY Portesham was mentioned in a poem called The Owl and the Nightingale, probably written by a certain ‘Master Nicholas’. It survives in two copies, one in the … Continue reading Master Nicholas and ‘The Owl and the Nightingale’
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Other writings by Jack Elwin
Jack Elwin, author of A Magic Smell for A Marrow, wrote a trilogy of historical novels set during the English Civil War, and a number of short biographies of historical Dorset figures, all featuring in a booklet entitled Possum People: Brief lives of some of the prominent people who have had connections with Portesham, produced … Continue reading Other writings by Jack Elwin
