![]() ![]() He wrote a novel about his time as a schoolteacher called Broken Canes. He worked as a schoolteacher at progressive schools - most notably Burgess Hill School, Hampstead - for 25 years before becoming a full-time writer. Peter Vansittart was educated at Marlborough House School, Haileybury College and Worcester College, Oxford, although he spent only a year at Oxford and did not graduate. He was born in Bedford in 1920, the son of Edwin Morris and Mignon Vansittart. ![]() He received an OBE in 2008 for his services to literature. ![]() He had 50 novels published between 19 he also wrote historical studies, memoirs, stories for children and three anthologies: Voices from the Great War (his most popular book), Voices 1870–1914 and Voices of the Revolution. Peter Vansittart OBE, FRSL (27 August 1920 – 4 October 2008) was an English writer. ![]()
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