The Past is a Foreign Country
Oliver Webb-CarterOliver Webb-Carter. Historian and author, writing first nonfiction book on the Troubles, to be published by Atlantic in Spring 2028.
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I’m a historian currently writing my first book, an account of a key event during the Troubles in March 1988, published by Atlantic in Spring 2028. I write about Northern Ireland, security and history that interests me e.g. Patrick Leigh Fermor.
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