Vansittart’s novels span eras from 2000 British Columbia to AD 1986. He died on Octoat Ipswich Hospital aged 88. After living in London for much of his life, Vansittart moved to Suffolk to a house inherited from his mother. He worked as a schoolteacher at progressive schools - most notably Burgess Hill School, Hampstead - for 25 years before becoming a full-time writer He wrote a novel about his time as a schoolteacher called Broken Canes. He was a distant cousin of Robert Vansittart, Permanent Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs between 19. He received an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 2008 for his services to literature. He also wrote historical studies, memoirs, stories for children and three anthologies: Voices from the Great War (his most popular book), Voices 1870-1914 and Voices of the Revolution.
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