![]() He served in the Royal Artillery throughout the hostilities.Īlthough there was a war to be won this did not stop his writing, and between 19 he had work published most years. He was there for ten years, only leaving in 1939 to join the war effort. Instead he took accountancy training and worked for an insurance company owned by his uncle. When he left school he was taken on as an apprentice by an architectural firm in Edinburgh but was unable to carry on after his father died as the fees were prohibitive. He had his first 'proper' book 'Trespass' published ( his wife May did not consider books on castles and the like to be 'proper' books ). But it would be a further two years before On 23rd November of that year he was born in Glasgow, and then went on to be schooled in Edinburgh.Īs a youngster he had a great interest in castles and their history and many years later, in 1935, his first published book was on this subject. But this is a long way from where he made his first entrance into the world in 1909. ![]() ![]() The spot where it was taken is only yards from where he daily crossed the wooden bridge to the nature reserve where he wrote as he walked, the area giving him endless inspiration. The photograph shows a view over Aberlady Bay towards the old customs house, a view which world reknowned Scottish novelist Nigel Tranter must have seen hundreds of times in his lifetime.
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