Thus Spoke Mr Conrad Linden

About the Book

Thus Spoke Mr Conrad Linden is a collection of essays written by Conrad Linden that can be used as an aid for teaching English as a second language and/or for bible study. The story is set in “St Bernadette’s” boarding school in the centre of Prague. Mr Linden originally taught English in Melbourne, Australia and relocates to Prague, where his old girlfriend lives. She lives in a flat near the castle. The boarding school is run by nuns where they teach office skills. Mr Linden is sent there to teach Current Affairs. He resides at the premises with the priest Father O Malley who teaches Religious Studies. Carmen’s daughter, Maria is sent to the boarding school by her mother. Carmen has become too busy with her publishing company to look after her daughter. In this book there are 17 lessons. Each episode has a different lesson.

About the Author

Conrad Linden was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. When he was 15, WW2 had started. He saw Prague under sieze by the Nazis, then the Communists. When he was 18, he studied Education at the University of Carolina in Prague. At the same time he worked as a night editor for United Press. He then came to Australia and taught English to the migrants at Wittenoon Gorge, WA. He could speak six languages. In Australia he qualified as a school teacher, and taught in the primary and secondary schools. When he was in Melbourne, he was a religious Education Co-Ordinator for Melbourne International Airport area, when he worked for the Catholic Education Office. Late in his life he held workshops and private tutoring in writing English for students from La Trobe University, Melbourne.