William Brockie [SEP] date of death
William Brockie
William Brockie (1811–1890) was a 19th-century Scottish born writer, newspaper editor, poet and songwriter who lived for many years in Sunderland.
Life.
William Brockie, at the time of his death was one of the oldest journalists in the North of England, and widely known as a poet, a linguist, a man of science and religion. William Brockie came of the old Border yeoman stock, and was the son of Alexander and Janet Brockie, having been born on 1 March 1811
: an impeccable piece of realistic fiction, with routine material transcended by art at its most clear-eyed and unpretentious".
- Martyn Goff in the "Daily Telegraph" writes "It is difficult to convey the marvellous quality of this book. Constance Keating is a major fictional portrait, her death finally noble".
Publication history.
- 1981, UK, Hamish Hamilton, , Pub date 17 Sep 1981, Hardback
- 1982, US, William Morrow, , Pub date Jan 1982, Hardback