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'Utterly Immoral'. A true and fascinating story about the First World War and beyond with Simon Keable Elliot
We welcome Simon Keable Elliott to the Sussex Branch of The Western Front Association. When Robert Keable’s First World War novel Simon Called Peter was published, critics called it ‘offensive’, ‘a libel’ and reeking of ‘drink and lust’. Scott Fitzgerald suggested it was ‘utterly immoral’ and referenced it in The Great Gatsby. In Utterly Immoral...
‘Robert Keable, utterly immoral WW1 chaplain?’
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When Robert Keable’s First World War novel ‘Simon Called Peter’ was published, critics called it ‘offensive’, ‘a libel’ and reeking of ‘drink and lust’. Despite this the novel became a huge international best-seller, a Broadway play, and the sequel, a Hollywood movie, making its author a celebrity. What critics did not know was that the nove...
March Frontline 2024
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WFA MK Branch newsletter for March 2024, contains articles on: The upcoming talk by Simon Keable - Elliott about his grandfather Robert Keable, known for his controversial novel ' Simon called Peter'. Mentioned in Dispatches The Short Brothers, In Life and Death
Robert Keable and the South African Native Labour Corps, Simon Keable-Elliott
Simon will be telling the story of Robert Keable’s time as a WW1 chaplain to the South African Native Labour Corps, the story of the corps and of his grandfather's experiences that led him to write the scandalous WW1 novel Simon Called Peter.