Word: sproat
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...never proved and Wodehouse was never brought up on formal charges, public sentiment in England weighed heavily against him, and as late as 1975, when Wodehouse died at the age of 93, there were still many who believed him at best a Nazi sympathizer. In Wodehouse at War, Iain Sproat, a member of the British Parliament and a long-time admirer of the humorist, presents strong evidence that the charges against Wodehouse were unfounded...
...SPROATS ARGUMENT centers around the five broadcasts Wodehouse made. These provided the crux of the evidence against the author. The broadcasts were mainly Wodehouse's descriptions of life in an internment camp. Because of their often light-hearted tone, many believed that Wodehouse was attempting to show the Germans in a favorable light. But a careful examination of the transcripts (which Sproat includes in full in the appendix) shows only the gentle sarcasm which pervaded everything Wodehouse ever wrote. There is no evidence that he sympathized with the Nazis in the tape; in fact, much of what was interpreted...