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Enthusiasm, passion and sheer drive

19 August, 2014 in News

Mr Westcott has made Bath the backdrop to a cracking story of one man’s attempt to drag himself up the ladder from humble beginnings. Born in the wreckage of one of the few German…

In Your Own Write

19 August, 2014 in News

How do you publish a book? We talk to two local authors  who have ignored the traditional book publishing route and done it their own way by self-publishing their own novel. When…

Spotlight: What’s Making the News in Bath

19 May, 2014 in News

Following the recent success of hardback novel Go Swift and Far, it’s author, the Bath-based Gordon Bloor, launched his paperback version last month at the Theatre Royal’s 1805 Rooms. Attendees…

A Tragedy to Let Our Bookshops Die

19 April, 2014 in News

Can you imagine Bath without any bookshops? Could the city which was home to Jane Austen and Charles Dickens be without a shop to display their masterpieces? Read the Nancy…

From the Noticeboard

June 2025 From the author’s desk…

3 June, 2025 in From the author's desk

THE FAMILY ESTATE AND CLOGS ‘Happy New Year, Ian. But God it’s cold!’ John Mulholland, still clad in overcoat, scarf and gloves, had driven down on New Year’s Day and…

May 2025 From the author’s desk…

6 May, 2025 in From the author's desk

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…

Reviews

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

Michael Bywaters

“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

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

Patrick McCloy

‘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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