{"product_id":"9781913025519","title":"Barnhill : A Novel","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Bissell, Norman \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eLanguage\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 15 February 2020 by LUATH PRESS LTD.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 196 x 25 | 228g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeorge Orwell left post-war London for Barnhill, a remote farmhouse on the Isle of Jura, to write what became Nineteen Eighty-Four. He was driven by a passionate desire to undermine the enemies of democracy and make plain the dangers of dictatorship, surveillance, doublethink and censorship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTyping away in his damp bedroom overlooking the garden he curated and the sea beyond, he invented Big Brother, Thought Police, Newspeak and Room 101 - and created a masterpiece.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarnhill tells the dramatic story of this crucial period of Orwell's life. Deeply researched, it reveals the private man behind the celebrated public figure - his turbulent love life, his devotion to his baby son and his declining health as he struggled to deliver his dystopian warning to the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43924715766019,"sku":"9781913025519","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781913025519_b05cdfc0-42ab-4b19-9da0-accf2389dc7b.jpg?v=1731420502","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781913025519","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}