Knowledge

Rotten Borough (novel)

Source 📝

178: 75:, in his biography of Margaret Thatcher, described the novel as a dated and juvenile lampoon of small-town life, and believed that Councillor Nurture was actually based on Councillor Foster, another prominent Grantham councillor at the time. 33: 109: 105: 229: 58:
The book received renewed public attention in the 1980s, because another character in the book, Councillor Nurture, was thought to be based on
222: 63: 263: 215: 156: 48: 253: 199: 95: 268: 26: 248: 203: 273: 72: 47:
actions in Britain because of the perception that its characters were based on real people, including
193: 133: 36:, using the pseudonym Julian Pine. Withdrawn soon after release, it was republished in 1989. 128: 124: 8: 39:
The book is a satirical novel based on the author's observations of life in the town of
43:, where he was educated. On release, it caused a national controversy and threats of 258: 152: 66: 55:
who had also served as mayor of Grantham. The book was withdrawn after three weeks.
22: 52: 185: 113: 100: 189: 59: 30: 242: 177: 69:, although Anderson denied this. The book was republished in 1989. 40: 44: 202:. Further suggestions might be found on the article's 149:
Margaret Thatcher, Volume One: The Grocer's Daughter
240: 223: 230: 216: 146: 200:See guidelines for writing about novels 241: 90: 88: 29:) was a book published in 1937 by the 172: 85: 13: 14: 285: 176: 140: 118: 104:, 11 November 1996 , archived 1: 78: 192:. You can help Knowledge by 7: 96:"Obituary: Oliver Anderson" 10: 290: 264:Novels set in Lincolnshire 171: 254:British satirical novels 147:Campbell, John (2000). 134:London Review of Books 112:April 8, 2009, at the 269:Satirical novel stubs 184:This article about a 151:. Jonathan Cape Ltd. 249:1937 British novels 188:of the 1930s is a 274:1930s novel stubs 211: 210: 129:"Grantham Factor" 67:Margaret Thatcher 281: 232: 225: 218: 180: 173: 163: 162: 144: 138: 122: 116: 92: 62:, the father of 53:King Edward VIII 289: 288: 284: 283: 282: 280: 279: 278: 239: 238: 237: 236: 186:satirical novel 169: 167: 166: 159: 145: 141: 137:, 2 March 1989. 123: 119: 114:Wayback Machine 101:The Independent 93: 86: 81: 34:Oliver Anderson 12: 11: 5: 287: 277: 276: 271: 266: 261: 256: 251: 235: 234: 227: 220: 212: 209: 208: 181: 165: 164: 158:978-0224040976 157: 139: 117: 83: 82: 80: 77: 64:Prime Minister 60:Alfred Roberts 51:, a friend of 31:British writer 18:Rotten Borough 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 286: 275: 272: 270: 267: 265: 262: 260: 257: 255: 252: 250: 247: 246: 244: 233: 228: 226: 221: 219: 214: 213: 207: 205: 201: 197: 195: 191: 187: 182: 179: 175: 174: 170: 160: 154: 150: 143: 136: 135: 130: 126: 121: 115: 111: 107: 103: 102: 97: 94:Andrew Bond, 91: 89: 84: 76: 74: 73:John Campbell 70: 68: 65: 61: 56: 54: 50: 49:Lord Brownlow 46: 42: 37: 35: 32: 28: 24: 20: 19: 198: 194:expanding it 183: 168: 148: 142: 132: 120: 99: 71: 57: 38: 17: 16: 15: 125:Martin Pugh 243:Categories 79:References 27:0947795839 204:talk page 259:Grantham 110:Archived 41:Grantham 155:  25:  45:libel 190:stub 153:ISBN 106:here 23:ISBN 245:: 131:, 127:, 108:. 98:, 87:^ 231:e 224:t 217:v 206:. 196:. 161:. 21:(

Index

ISBN
0947795839
British writer
Oliver Anderson
Grantham
libel
Lord Brownlow
King Edward VIII
Alfred Roberts
Prime Minister
Margaret Thatcher
John Campbell


"Obituary: Oliver Anderson"
The Independent
here
Archived
Wayback Machine
Martin Pugh
"Grantham Factor"
London Review of Books
ISBN
978-0224040976
Stub icon
satirical novel
stub
expanding it
See guidelines for writing about novels
talk page

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.