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June 2024 From the author’s desk…

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From the author’s desk… The late, great queen mother… ‘It now gives me great pleasure to declare this magnificent new classroom annexe, built for the Hope Venture by the boys…

May 2024 From the author’s desk…

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The Coronation, no not last year but the one before in 1953… Ruth had secured two seats in the hospital lounge where Uncle Isaac used to work – she had…

April 2024 From the author’s desk…

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Never far from the headlines, Housing – 70 years ago – just three miles from Bath… The bus dropped them off at the main gates and Yann was lulled into…

March 2024 From the author’s desk…

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The Film makers will soon be returning to Bath…   After an excellent lunch, which Johnson insisted on paying for, Isaac headed away from the Circus, towards the Royal Crescent….

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June 2026 From the author’s desk…

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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…

May 2026 From the author’s desk…

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THE CELEBRATION AT RAPHAELS… The stylish restaurant with its dark polished floors, wooden furniture and soft candlelight was noisy, atmospheric and itself pure theatre, into which they made an entrance….

Reviews

‘As a Bathonian born and bred, I enjoyed reading these clever novels, particularly the historical detail of Bath – so successfully and accurately portrayed.’

Linda Turner

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

Michael Bywaters

‘A masterly weaving of ambition and growing conscious both personally and publicly.’

Anna Jacka-Thomas

‘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

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