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7 unusual facts about The English Patient


Clayton baronets

Sir Robert, the 5th baronet, and his wife Dorothy were the basis for the characters of Geoffrey and Katharine Clifton in The English Patient.

Marston Magna

In the 1992 novel The English Patient, Marston Magna features as the home of the character Maddox.

Pat Clayton

He was the basis for the character of Peter Madox in The English Patient.

Skootamatta River

The river is mentioned several times in Michael Ondaatje's novel The English Patient as a place where Hana, one of the novel's main characters, once lived.

Suprasternal notch

The suprasternal notch appears in the novel and film The English Patient as an erogenous zone and focal point of amorousness.

The English Patient

(It should be noted that Charles Howard, 20th Earl of Suffolk, was an actual historical person, who did develop the practice of dismantling bombs and was indeed killed in the manner described in the book).

That Kip volunteered willingly for military service and trained as a sapper by the Lord Suffolk, an English gentleman, who befriended Kip welcoming him into the family.



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