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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 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…

May 2026 From the author’s desk…

7 May, 2026 in From the author's desk

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

“Westcott has done it again, masterfully capturing the essence of magnificent Bath”

Jenny Lippett

‘A great yarn. Douglas Westcott is a natural storyteller who very successfully weaves Bath’s history into a page turning tale.’

Michael Symons

“I couldn’t put it down and the story captivated me – I couldn’t wait for the next edition.”

Milton Cations – Melbourne, Australia

“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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