Minutes of the meeting of the XII Book Club held 15 Jan 1944

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          <ptr target="ukred-30428">"Meeting held at “Oakdene”, Northcourt Avenue. 14.2.44&lt;br/&gt;
    S. A. Reynolds in the chair. &lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
[...] &lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
2. The minutes of the last meeting were read and signed. &lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
[...] &lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
5. After an interval for refreshment we turned our thoughts to the Study of the Life and Works of André Maurois, which proved to be a subject of absorbing 
interest. Rosamund Wallis was his Biographer up to the time of the outbreak of this war — her chief source of information being Maurois’ autobiography “Call no 
man happy” from which she read several extracts. She revealed to us the child Emil Hertzog, born an Alsatian Jew &amp; brought up in the sheltered atmosphere of 
French family life. Brilliantly successful at school, in business, as a soldier and under the name of André Maurois as a writer. Success was his easily and 
immediately for allied to his native genius was an infinite capacity for hard work. &lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
6. Readings from Maurois’s works were given as follows:- &lt;br/&gt;
    Howard Smith from ‘The Silence of Colonel Bramble’ &lt;br/&gt;
    Isabel Taylor [from] Ariel &lt;br/&gt;
    F. E. Pollard [from] Disraeli &lt;br/&gt;
    Frank Knight [from] Byron &lt;br/&gt;
    Knox Taylor [from] History of England &lt;br/&gt;
Maurois has been very fortunate in his translators and all the readings were much enjoyed. Colonel Bramble was his first book &amp; remains the most widely read &amp; 
generally acclaimed of them all. ‘Ariel’ his life of Shelley gained him a reputation for writing ‘Romanticized Biography’ which he resented and tried to counteract 
in his lives of Byron and Disraeli. The general opinion of the Book Club was that he writes always with more charm and wit than accuracy &amp; Knox Taylor’s 
criticism of the ‘History of England[’] was that in trying to give a general impression without much detail, Maurois has picked out the wrong details and therefore 
gives the wrong impression. &lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
7. Kenneth Nicholson then continued the story of Maurois’ life up to the present day, when he is living in America with his wife, while their children remain in 
France. &lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
[signed as a true record by] J. Knox Taylor 13/3/44."</ptr>
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