Event Type: Branch

Takes Place: 14th October 2026

Time: 7.30

Venue: Queen's College, Taunton

Description: In the talk, illustrated by 50 or more slides, I look at a life moving from the slums of the Gorbals (where his father was minister) to grandee - with his elevation to the peerage, friendship with George V and two Prime Ministers, and his worldwide popularity as a novelist. It includes the major role he played in three wars (Boer, WW1, start of WW2) as well as both his physical adventurousness as a mountaineer and his intellectual brilliance as historian, biographer and critic.

How to book: Pay at the door

Price: £3.00

Tel: 07888641587

Email: geoff.bisson51@gmail.com

Organiser: Geoffrey Bisson

Lecturer: Marcus Paul

Comments: Tea, coffee and biscuits are provided for which a donation is welcome.

Region: South-West England

Branch: Taunton Deane