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This encounter with the past, and the discovery of his father Benny's diaries, leads Simon Pomeranski back to his childhood and the post-war days of the Astorians, a small group of criminals and traders in 'swag' who ran their business from Brixton Market and exercised their own particular brand of justice. From this wonderful assortment of characters we are introduced to 'Spanish Joe', the cultured Russian emigre, Sam 'the Stick', with his wounded machismo and penchant for violent retribution, and the dazzling songstress Estelle, among others. Front and centre in their world, though, is Benny himself, the autodidact owner of Pomeranski Gowns, whose passionate affair with Estelle marks the beginning of a new era for the Astorians. Both riotous and profound, this novel resurrects a vibrant era that deserves a place in our collective memory.

Thomas Kearey, born in Dublin in 1791, left home in 1813 as a young man of 22 trained as a smelter in gold and silver. He set out to seek his fortune in London, knowing he might never see his homeland or his family again. Thanks to his determination, charm and intelligence, he found success, security and love, and founded a dynasty. This is the true story of his life and times, researched, reconstructed and colourfully told two centuries later by his greatgreat-grandson Terence Kearey, a keen historian.

Terence Kearey has long harboured a wish to trace his family connections with his homeland back as far as possible in time. As a keen historian he has devoted thousands of hours to researching and recording the history of the Kearey name, all the way back to the 10th century AD, when his ancestors bore the name Ciardha. In this book he traces a thousand years of history, from the time when Ireland was divided into kingdoms. With the aid of DNA analysis he delves even further back, to the earliest occupation of Ireland by his Stone Age ancestors.

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