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From the author’s desk … June 2023

15 June, 2023 in From the author's desk

September 1944 and an important meeting in Bath. ‘Professor Stanley Frith, an expert from the Urban Town Planning Faculty at a leading university and engaged at a cost of many…

From the author’s desk, May 2023

9 May, 2023 in From the author's desk

MAY 2023 From the author’s desk … This morning my thoughts wandered back over 80 years to 1942, as I drove past Rainbow Wood –  a magical woodland situated about…

From the author’s desk, April 2023

1 April, 2023 in From the author's desk

In answer to the often asked enquiry, I am happy to tell you that ‘Joy and Sorrow Unmasked – a story of Bath’, the third novel in The Westcott Chronicles,…

From the author’s desk, March 2023

6 March, 2023 in From the author's desk

I am often asked about Kahlil Gibran, the author of ‘The Prophet’ and the source of the titles of each of the novels in the Westcott Chronicles of Bath. Kahlil…

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1 September, 2026 in From the author's desk

Rachel had only been gone three days. He had taken himself off to see The Magnificent Seven, the latest film at the Beau Nash, which had been fun, but he…

June 2026 From the author’s desk…

2 June, 2026 in From the author's desk

IN GREAT PULTENEY STREET, BATH… The power was off when he entered the house, and he had to feel his way along the pitch-black hallway into the ground floor dining…

Reviews

“History, passion and big business – an awesome combination, powerfully written.”

Trish Traynor

“Extraordinarily interesting for many different reasons …These books made our stay in Bath an even more exciting experience … As a university lecturer in English Literature I am fascinated with contemporary stories of life in Bath … I could not put the book away. Ian’s life is such a captivating story.”

Ewa Welnic – Bydgoszcz, Poland

“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

‘An absorbing read with a mix of history, emotion, ambition, suspense and soul searching’

Michael Bywaters

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