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What is the Robben Island bible, now on display at the British Museum?
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Is it a book of writings by Nelson Mandela while he was in prison?
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No.
Mandela did write his signature in it, to mark a passage as significant; the book is full of similar annotations by the ANC leadership.
Clue: It was disguised as a religious work so the guards would not confiscate it. It's literature.
Mandela did write his signature in it, to mark a passage as significant; the book is full of similar annotations by the ANC leadership.
Clue: It was disguised as a religious work so the guards would not confiscate it. It's literature.
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Complete works of the Bard? It's the nearest thing in English lit to the Bible. Two books you might be allowed to bring with you on Robben Island Discs!
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Apologies in replying, just back from abroad.
The Complete Works of Shakespeare it is!
The Complete Works of Shakespeare it is!
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Thanks Andy. On a related theme, which writer propounded the theory that the "Mr. W. H." to whom the Sonnets are dedicated was one Willie Hews, a boy actor he suggested as first performing numerous cross-dressing roles e.g. Juliet and the lead character's wife in the Scottish play?
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Time for a clue so: The writer who propounded this theory was Irish although his surname is spelled the same (but pronounced quite differently) as a prominent Estonian poet.
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EQC participation brings its own rewards. Tartu has a statue (photo on request) of Edward Wilde having tea with Oscar
So Oscar Wilde is my answer
So Oscar Wilde is my answer
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Yes Andy and there is an exact replica of that statue of the two Wildes in Galway donated by Estonia in 2005. I have now seen both statues close up! I hand the baton on with hearty congrats...
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Googled that to see it...nice statue!


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