Since December 2012, David Lowther has been tweeting a photographic tour of his novel The Blue Pencil, chapter-by-chapter, including historic photographs from the period.
The Blue Pencil is a gripping World War II thriller pitting a young journalist against the British Government’s pernicious press censorship and Nazi appeasement.
We’ve collected these together for you here so that you can follow them as you enjoy his exciting novel!
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The Blue Pencil by @lowtherdavid37 Ch1 Trinity Coll Cambridge where it all began March 1936 http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/QjKYIHDU
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) December 12, 2012
Chapter 2 of The Blue Pencil by @lowtherdavid37 The movie that frightened a nation. http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/JELKpkMa
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) December 15, 2012
C3 of The Blue Pencil by @lowtherdavid37. The outbreak of the Spanish Civil War July 1936 http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/fiJLI48P
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) December 19, 2012
1/2 Ch 4 of The Blue Pencil by @lowtherdavid37 Maurice Dobb, mentor to our hero & the Cambridge spies , Burgess, Philby Maclean & Blunt #WW2
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) December 22, 2012
2/2 but Dobb was not a traitor but an idealist http://t.co/tdjeMG7 #WW2 pic.twitter.com/KcXK3ri
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) December 22, 2012
Ch3 of The Blue Pencil Our hero Roger Martin follows a summer of sport while seeking a job. http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/mSYXqRQE
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) December 28, 2012
Charlotte Rampling's father Godfrey gold medallist in the Berlin Olympics featured in C5 of http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/Ivf647T8
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) December 31, 2012
C6 The Blue Pencil Roger takes a job as jnr reporter on The London Evening Globe http://t.co/slRjE9gp Sept 36 #WW2 pic.twitter.com/j2uXUBn7
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) January 4, 2013
C7 of The Blue Pencil Roger starts work on The Globe & covers all sorts inc football matches http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/mxOyC5iH
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) January 7, 2013
C8 The Blue Pencil Roger learns the truth hidden from the British public about Nazi Germany http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/N6AZrXC3
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) January 11, 2013
C9 of The Blue Pencil Roger's article on Nazis & Jews gets the blue pencil from the editor http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/xnzLrFy6
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) January 15, 2013
C10 pf The Blue Pencil summer 37 enter Harry aka Klop Ustinov father of Sir Peter and MI5 spy http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/0qUK9Mym
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) January 20, 2013
C11 The Blue Pencil Apr 37 Guernica destroyed & The Times& UK govt tries 2 cover up Nazi resp http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/xIJyYz8X
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) January 23, 2013
C12 The Blue Pencil shady establishment figures threaten Roger & his anti-appeasement stance http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/IvdtCV0w
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) January 28, 2013
C13 of The Blue Pencil July 37 Roger finds himself in Paris for the great exhibition. http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/FWTohf57
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) February 1, 2013
C13 The Blue Pencil Roger meets Guernica witness Steer in Paris & sees Picasso's masterpiece http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/PugLTRi3
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) February 5, 2013
C14 The Blue Pencil Cliveden centre of pro appeasement plotting 1937 http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/2z969Aqh
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) February 8, 2013
C15 The Blue Pencil Roger & girlfriend Jane in Taplow nr Cliveden spying on the appeasers http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/WtYIcE1I
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) February 11, 2013
C16 The Blue Pencil appeasement plotters plan a secret meeting between Ld Halifax&Hitler http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/MDRU94qU
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) February 15, 2013
C17 The Blue Pencil Roger scooped by Evening Std Halifax meets Goering for secret talks http://t.co/slRjE9gp #WW2 pic.twitter.com/KpgP3TzA
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) February 19, 2013
C18 The Blue Pencil Roger is attacked at Waterloo on his way home by whom & why? http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB #WW2 pic.twitter.com/t2FFS8c4H8
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) February 22, 2013
C19 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB J Ball x MI5 anti Semite man behind Truth pro appeasement rag posing as decent mag #WW2 pic.twitter.com/kw3eTt6Sj1
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) March 1, 2013
C20 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB winter 37 PM Champerlain begins his attempt to control the press aided by The Times WW2 pic.twitter.com/QgOE2tYJ70
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) March 7, 2013
Revisit C19 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB Rbt Vansittart anti appeaser kicked upstairs out of harms way by Chamberlain #WW2 pic.twitter.com/2wplfbpOzx
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) March 8, 2013
C21 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB Chamberlain forces Foreign Secretary Eden to resign strengthening appeasement's grip #WW2 pic.twitter.com/17AVI0yGg3
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) March 13, 2013
C22 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB Hitler seizes Austria March 38 worst ant-Jewish pogrom to date UK govt does nothing #WW2 pic.twitter.com/VWYpLTCGul
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) March 22, 2013
C23 of http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB our hero Roger meets soon to be legendary investigative journalist Claud Cockburn #WW2 pic.twitter.com/pCpGRnavb1
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) March 28, 2013
C24 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB Chamberlain&co plan end of Czech with The Times&Observer Roger in Taplow listens in #WW2 pic.twitter.com/McDe8BgiqO
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) April 4, 2013
C25 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB Hitler turns his attn to Czechoslovakia May 38 local Nazi Henlein stirs up trouble #WW2 pic.twitter.com/l33sP3sZ15
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) April 8, 2013
C26 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB Roger wonders if Chamberlain wishes to avoid war to spend cash on replacing the slums #WW2 pic.twitter.com/T1bd94EYFe
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) April 15, 2013
C27 http://t.co/UynWTugtOu Roger begins to think of N Chamberlain as social reformer & wonders about appeasement #WW2 pic.twitter.com/FCK47zfXHo
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) April 22, 2013
C28 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB late spring 38 Hitler eyes Czech Churchill tells Chamberlain to resist the Fuhrer #WWII pic.twitter.com/2MDhxOpV4I
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) April 29, 2013
C29 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB July 38 spy in German embassy uncovers Hitler's war plans in the Hossbach memo #WWII pic.twitter.com/lSekuGD8Rw
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) May 5, 2013
C30 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB war with Nazis over Czech certain GB forgets as L Hutton sets WR cricket test score #WWII pic.twitter.com/p86dFyhYhk
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) May 13, 2013
C31 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB Sept '38 The Times outrageously proposes Czech crisis solution Chamberlain agrees #WWII pic.twitter.com/1Et0EBlAfA
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) May 18, 2013
C32 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB Chamberlain triumphant betrays Czechs at Munich Hitler thinks he can do anything now #WWII pic.twitter.com/ggM8MOEMN5
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) May 25, 2013
C33 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB Nov 38 Roger leaves Victoria Stn en route to Nazi Berlin. What's it really like? #WWII pic.twitter.com/gzyn8m39GE
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) June 1, 2013
C34 http://t.co/c0rvaHRuvA November 1938 Roger in Berlin a city of flags and uniforms #WWII pic.twitter.com/QnuvZ9NUjF
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) June 12, 2013
C35 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB Nov 38 Roger witnesses Kristallnacht & gets his scoop but wishes he hadn't #WWII pic.twitter.com/GIx64a2B4m
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) June 17, 2013
C36 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB After Kristallnacht Roger realises that the Nazis are evil & war is inevitable #WWII pic.twitter.com/pj0QfDHiL0
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) June 21, 2013
C37 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB Roger in Perth for by-election Chamberlain's appeasement cronies manipulate result #WWII pic.twitter.com/ksIT5eP1N9
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) July 4, 2013
C38 http://t.co/gXs1dFCtSB Claud Cockburn warns Roger that Chamberlain's men are after him inc creepy J Ball #WWII pic.twitter.com/jpITT9JMiI
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) July 15, 2013
C39 http://t.co/c0rvaHRuvA Chamberlain's henchmen fit Roger up taken to Bow Street Police Station and locked up #WWII pic.twitter.com/kDQoh1Phxu
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) July 23, 2013
Final ch http://t.co/c0rvaHRuvA Hitler grabs Czech GB supports Pol war certain pacifist P Noel Baker agrees #WWII pic.twitter.com/A9ygu5925Z
— David Lowther (@lowtherdavid37) August 7, 2013
