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Eileen Sears, a pretty girl from the Cajun Country" of Louisiana makes her way to Houston where she meets the covert operative Congressional Investigator Roy Randall. They fall in love and he helps her develop a singing career. Randall is called upon to pry into government corruption, mob activity, murder and drug smuggling. Eileen and Roy marry. It is the second time around for each of them. Their dedication to and love for each other becomes a "way of life.' Eileen is dubbed The Cajun Princess when she sings at a White House reception. Roy and Eileen show over and over that their passion for each other is not diminished by time. Eileen and Roy have a goal in life to grow old together. Is that lofty goal achieved?
This is the black and white version. There is also a full colour version on Amazon. Criss-crossing the Cumbrian landscape are many trods, paths, lonnings and other ancient trackways. Included among these are several corpse roads. The enigmatic name hints at their curious origins. These paths were used until the 18th Century to transport the dead from the remote villages to the 'mother' church for burial. Eventually villagers petitioned for their own churches and burial rights but the corpse roads remained. Alan Cleaver and Lesley Park have researched these ancient paths and the stories surrounding them. The book also explores Cumbrian funeral customs and superstitions.
Greed. Deceit. Jealousy. Treachery. None are qualities you want to come up against, especially when they're brought to life in a group thought to be dead. Unfortunately for Hugo Bennett, an eleven-year-old schoolboy, and his friends and allies, this group wants what they have and will stop at nothing to get it.
Soon to be a feature film from the creators of Downton Abbey On a summer's day in 1922, Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, charged with the care of a stunningly beautiful young girl with a jet-black bob and wisdom way beyond her fifteen years. The girl is Louise Brooks and, for her, New York offers a chance of stardom beneath the bright lights of Broadway. For Cora, whose formative years were spent at The New York Home for Friendless Girls, the trip offers the opportunity to discover the truth about her past. It will also, although she doesn't realize it yet, offer her the chance for a very different future. Set in a time of illicit thrills and daring glamou...