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The real-life Jeeves, Wooster and master of Blandings Castle finally unmasked

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From: The Sunday Telegraph London
Date: 20080106
Author:CHRIS HASTINGS and BETH JONES

A P G WODEHOUSE enthusiast

has revealed the real-life inspiration behind the author's seemingly improbable fictional creations.

A new study by Norman Murphy sheds light on the origins of such literary legends as Jeeves and Bertie Wooster.

Col Murphy, a recognised expert on Wodehouse, began his researches after uncovering a letter at Sotheby's in 1973, in which the author wrote: "I always try to use a real location if I can".

He found that Lord Emsworth, the woolly-headed peer of the Blandings Castle stories who is devoted to his prize sow, the Empress of Blandings, very closely resembles ...

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