Robert Stuart Thomson


Robert Thomson’s curriculum vitae includes several careers: professor of French and Italian, teacher of high school English, real estate analyst, and publisher.

Click here for a recent article about Robert Thomson that appeared in the Victoria BC Times Colonist. Click on the following http-links to find out about Robert and his books.

Ross Bay clip Reflections on Armistice Day and the War-wounded (7 min. special, produced by Shaw TV, Victoria, BC) http://youtu.be/A6fIQSku1Zw

ABCBookWorld (Alan Twigg)
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Currently publisher-editor of Godwin Books in Victoria, B.C., Thomson offers the following books:

The Eternal Forest, by George Godwin, Thomson’s great-uncle on his mother’s side. Out of print since 1929. Republished in 1994. Has received acclaim from academics (English, History, & Sociology). Click here for reviews.

Why Stay We Here? (1930), the sequel to The Eternal Forest, was republished in a critical edition in 2002. It deals with Godwin's experiences as an infantry officer in France in World War I. Click here for reviews.

Italian for the Opera (1992). A clear, lively guide for understanding and enjoying the language of Verdi, Puccini, etc. Illustrated.

Operatic Italian (2009). A giant (467 pp.) expansion of Thomson's Italian for the Opera (1992). Contains new chapters on the canzoni, Dante etc.

Hot Tips for Real Estate Investors (1996, revised edition). Written for the home buyer. Offers advice every step of the way, from how to choose a realtor to how to negotiate the lowest price. Based on co-authors’ (Thomson and Barlas) vast experience. Praised by Mike Grenby, Canadian syndicated columnist and financial expert. Illustrated.

Wing of the Raven (1996) by Virginia Harper. A midnight tryst between one of Captain Vancouver's officers and an aboriginal girl results in the birth of twins whose descendants' lives are tracked through 200 years of Vancouver history.
$25 (Can) or $20 (US).
Postage: $6 for Canada, $6 (US) for the USA.

"Mauriac and Psychoanalysis", in "Literature and Psychology"
Rhode Island College: 1988 (XXXIV, no. 2). Article by Robert S. Thomson, Ph.D.(Yale)