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Title
Jacqueline
Winspear
interview
Interviewee
Winspear, Jacqueline, 1955-
Interviewer
Martinson
,
Connie
Book Title
Maisie Dobbs
Subject
London (England) - Fiction
Dobbs, Maisie (Fictitious character) - Fiction
World War, 1914-1918 - Veterans - Fiction
Women private investigators - England - London - Fiction
Coverage - Temporal
Twentieth
century
Coverage - Spatial
England
Description
Jacqueline
Winspear
discusses
her
book
,
“Maisie
Dobbs.”
She
begins
by
discussing
the
book’s
plot
. She
explains
that the
protagonist
,
Maisie
Dobbs
began
her
working
life
at the
age
of
thirteen
as a
servant
in a
mansion
,
only
to be
discovered
reading
in the
library
by her
employer
,
Lady
Rowan
Compton
.
Lady
Rowan
and her
friend
Dr
.
Maurice
Blanche
then
decide
to
support
Maisie
and
help
her
receive
an
education
.
However
,
soon
after
Maisie
begins
school
at
Girton
College
, the
Great
War
breaks
out
and she
enlists
for
nursing
service
overseas
.
Later
Maisie
is
able
to
become
a
psychologist
and
private
investigator
.
Winspear
explains
that in this
book
Maisie
receives
her
first
of
several
assignments
that
eventually
led
to
seven
Maisie
Dobbs
Novels
. Also in this
interview
,
Winspear
discusses
how she
began
writing
, her
writing
process
, and her
fascination
with the
Great
War
.
Publisher
The Drucker Institute
Language
eng
Source
Betacam tape.
Collection
Connie
Martinson
Talks
Books
-
http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/cmt
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All rights are retained by The Drucker Institute. For permission to use this item, contact The Drucker Institute,
http://www.thedruckerinstitute.com
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Moving Image
Format
video/f4v
Duration
00:14:13
Object File Name
cmt00394_0001
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