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After three years selling gaskets under the grey skies of England, Nick Brown decided he'd had enough. But how to escape? He knew he would never be rich and famous and his dream of seeing the world seemed out of reach. Eventually he found a way, travelling to the South Pacific to 'captain' a cargo boat running cocoa and copra between the islands. Any notion of a tropical paradise soon evaporated when Nick found himself living without electricity, washing in the river and sailing treacherous seas. But life got better and soon he found himself flying around the country in light aircraft, travelling by dug-out canoe to meet the locals in remote villages, climbing the tallest mountain in Oceania and even sailing the Coral Sea, just for the fun of it. This is his entertaining story of those years.

Life for the newly widowed Harriet Capel is not expected to hold any surprises. It will be spent watching over her children's marriages and looking after the grandchildren. That is, until she sees Oliver Gaunt again. He is her daughter-in-law's father. As their love affair gathers intensity and pace, so do its consequences for the family as a whole

The reader is taken on a post-World War II search for a former officer who was reported missing after the Gothic Line Battle. The search is set against a background of London, Italy and Greece. The author recently published his war memoirs under the title of 'Age Shall not Weary Them'. He has also published a book of fictional short stories. 'A Search for all Seasons' is a work of fiction that was written in the swinging sixties by the author who has not previously tried to publish it. Apart from his civilian and military qualifications, he also holds a Law degree. After being in the senior echelons of the Army and then City underwriting, he is now retired and lives at Kew in Surrey.

Sweeping through fifteen centuries of life in the heart of southern England, this epic novel records the lives of the ordinary folk of Britain from the end of the Roman occupation through to the late 16th century. The hardship and terrible cruelty our ancestors had to endure are vividly described.

Afro-Saxon is the follow-up to 'A Black Boy at Eton' where Dillibe Onyeama recounts his experience of being the first black boy to complete his education at Eton.

King Henry II, exhausted from everlasting conflict with France and his sons rebelling against him finds love, solace, and passion after falling for the youthful beauty of Alys and makes her his mistress.

1478: Gianetta and Matteo have a happy life, working in service to the wealthyRosini family. They are used to entertaining rich and powerful members ofFlorentine society in Palazzo Rosini, where Lorenzo and Giuliano de' Mediciand Botticelli are regular visitors. Even when the Medici brothers narrowlyescape the Palazzo with their lives (an accident, surely?), Gianetta and Matteocan't imagine that the growing unrest in the streets of Florence would everspoil their happiness.When a bloody conspiracy erupts in the heart of Florence, in the city'sbeloved Duomo, nobody is left unaffected by the aftermath. When the familyhear that Matteo is among the conspirators, Gianetta knows that her life willnever be the same.

"We cannot see where we are going. The road is unknownto us. There are deep ditches on either side. We do notalways even know where we are going or what the purposeof life is. All we know is that to us ours is an unknown wayalong which we are obliged to travel prepared by time thatis remorseless instead of having strong headlights to showus a safe way. We have two flickering candle lamps, andthey represent faith and hope."

Eddie Thompson continues to produce simple, usually short verses musing on the vicissitudes of modern life, from lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic to lighting the fire. His verses are based on his day-to-day experiences, observations andthoughts about life, and are witty, original and usually light-hearted. This is the seventh volume in the series.