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I read and I read and I was like a medieval king, I had fallen in love with the picture long before I saw the reality.

John Fowles

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John Fowles
Age: 79 †
Born: 1926
Born: March 31
Died: 2005
Died: November 5
Essayist
Novelist
Screenwriter
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Leigh-on-Sea
Essex
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Kings
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Medieval

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