But both happened, and while they did I wrote this story about a man who sets off to save someone else. I was appalled at the idea of watching him die. “I was appalled at the idea of not having my father. “He had spent years battling cancer, and after several brutal operations, surgeons told him there was nothing left to be done. “I began writing this as a radio play when my father told me he was dying,” she said (via BookBrowse). While Harold, Queenie and Maureen may not be real people, Joyce has spoken about how she was inspired to write the book by her own father. “People often do ask questions about Harold as if he were a real person,” she said. In an interview with The Guardian in 2014, Joyce revealed that many readers did believe the story was true. It’s actually based on the novel of the same name that was written by Rachel Joyce and published in 2012. The survivors sailed thousands of miles to safety, and later faced charges of mutiny.Harold’s inspirational story certainly sounds like it is based on real events, but in fact it is not a true story.

'The Wager' chronicles shipwreck, mutiny and murder at the tip of South America: Author David Grann tells the story of an 18th-century British warship that wrecked along the coast of Patagonia.

There Will Be Fire, by journalist Rory Carroll, reads like a political thriller. In 1984, Margaret Thatcher was nearly assassinated - a new book asks, what if?: The IRA planted the bomb at the Grand Hotel, in the seaside resort of Brighton, targeting the British prime minister.

ambassador in London in the Netflix series The Diplomat. Now she stars as a career foreign service officer who reluctantly becomes the U.S.

This week:Īfter 'Felicity' and a stint as a spy, Keri Russell embraces her new 'Diplomat' role: Russell played a fictional Soviet spy in The Americans. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. Keri Russell plays a career foreign service officer in The Diplomat.įresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends.

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