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May 2025 From the author’s desk…

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A GOOD LUCH IN BATH SIXTY YEARS AGO…

Mulholand had ordered a large brandy and looked around the tea shop.

‘Unusual place.’

‘One of the oldest houses in Bath, dates back to the fifteenth century.  There has been a bakery here since Roman times. Gives you an idea of what medieval Bath must have looked like with its narrow alleys and overhanging gabled roofs. Used to be called Lilliput Alley, and hasn’t much changed except they raised the street level about 300 years ago so that the original ground floor became a cellar.’

His boss had ordered the special, the Sally Lunn Bun with the recommended toppings.

‘And the bun?’

‘Recipe discovered in a secret cupboard in 1937. Named after a Huguenot refugee, a woman who fled France and came to work here in 1680. It’s very different, I think you’ll enjoy it.’

 

 

 

Another extract from chapter forty nine of – ‘Go Swift and Fara Tale of Bath’ The first book of The Westcott Chronicles

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‘THE ANGEL OF DEATH AND THE GRAVEYARD MEETING’ It was obligatory for each department to be aware of the contents of the obituary column of the Times newspaper every day….

Reviews

‘Westcott blows away the myth that Bath is the graveyard of ambition.’

Patrick McCloy

‘I love Westcott’s writing style and enjoyed this continuing saga enormously’

Stan Frith

‘An interesting and believable cast of characters move through the conflict of development versus conservation, still relevant in Bath today as the city continues to deal with how society and social mores have changed over the years.’

Kate Joyce

“Westcott burnishes his well won reputation as the  Grand Master of intrigue with this much anticipated sequel to acclaimed Go Swift and Far ; nothing less than brilliant as with the deft hand of an ancient god  he manoeuvres  the fate of the great and  less than good of Bath across the chess board of life. Check mate; but who wins …..”

Patrick McCloy

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