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The Memory of Love
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 1969. On a hot January evening that he will remember for decades, Elias Cole first catches sight of Saffia Kamara, the wife of a charismatic colleague. He is transfixed. Thirty years later, lying in the capital's hospital, he recalls the desire that drove him to acts of betrayal he has tried to justify ever since.Elsewhere in the hospital, Kai, a gifted young surgeon, is desperately trying to forget the pain of a lost love that torments him as much as the mental scars he still bears from the civil war that has left an entire people with terrible secrets to keep. It falls to a British psychologist, Adrian Lockheart, to help the two survivors, but when he too falls in love, past and present collide with devastating consequences. The Memory of Love is a heartbreaking story of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
Ferguson's Gang - The Maidens behind the Masks
When a group of friends formed 'Ferguson's Gang' they had no idea of the notoriety their antics would produce. Society was astounded by the daring tricks the Gang used to raise money but these were no common robbers. They presented the booty in the carcass of a goose or wrapped round a cigar; pledging undying support to the National Trust. The Gang passionately fought against the spread of urbanisation and destruction of our English heritage. Their greatest feat was preserving their anonymity; now almost a century later the fascinating story of Ferguson's Gang is finally revealed in this book. It is a world now forgotten; of stately homes with armies of servants. Yet amongst this wealth and splendour lurked a group of rebels. The personal stories of the masked maidens are startling; mixing with Royalty, they belonged to the leading political dynasties and rubbed shoulders with the literary elite. It is no wonder these women kept their identities so heavily concealed.
Ferguson's Gang
1927. Britain’s heritage is vanishing. Beautiful landscapes are being bulldozed. Historic buildings are being blown up. Stonehenge is collapsing. Enter Ferguson’s Gang, a mysterious and eccentric group of women who help the National Trust to fight back. The Gang raise huge sums, which they deliver in delightfully strange ways: Victorian coins inside a fake pineapple, a one hundred pound note stuffed inside a cigar, five hundred pounds with a bottle of homemade sloe gin. Their stunts are avidly reported in the press, and when they make a national appeal for the Trust, the response is overwhelming. Ferguson’s Gang is instrumental in saving places from Cornwall to the Lake District, a leg...
Trauma, Primitivism and the First World War
This book examines the extraordinary life of Frank “Toronto” Prewett and the history of trauma, literary expression, and the power of self-representation after WWI. Joy Porter sheds new light on how the First World War affected the Canadian poet, and how war-induced trauma or “shell-shock” caused him to pretend to be an indigenous North American. Porter investigates his influence of, and acceptance by, some of the most significant literary figures of the time, including Siegfried Sassoon, Edmund Blunden, Wilfred Owen and Robert Graves. In doing so, Porter skillfully connects a number of historiographies that usually exist in isolation from one another and rarely meet. By bringing together a history of the WWI era, early twentieth century history, Native American history, the history of literature, and the history of class Porter expertly crafts a valuable contribution to the field.
Secret Truro
Secret Truro explores the lesser-known history of the Cornish city of Truro through a fascinating selection of stories, unusual facts and attractive photographs.
The Ancestry of David Bracewell
In The Ancestry of David Bracewell, Carey Bracewell describes the fourteen-generation lineage traced from Edmund Bracewell, who was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire, England, c. 1510, to Careys son, David Bracewell, who was born in Texas in 1964. He outlines the career of the first American Bracewell, the Reverend Robert Bracewell (1611-1668), a Londoner, Oxford graduate, and Cavalierone who was invited to Virginia to take charge of St. Lukes Church, now a national historic landmark. Following the lead of the Reverend Bracewell, Carey Bracewell explains how each successive generation has faithfully emulated his example of pioneering religious leadership. More than just a recitation of genealog...
Realty and Building
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Ein Lied aus der Vergangenheit
Ein mitreißendes Afrika-Epos über die Macht der Liebe Westafrika, Anfang der Nullerjahre: Der Psychologe Adrian Lockheart, soeben aus England eingetroffen, kämpft mit dem Staub und der Hitze Sierra Leones – und mit dem Schweigen eines Volkes, dem er helfen will, die Schrecken der Vergangenheit zu überwinden. Im Krankenhaus in Freetown findet er unerwartete Freundschaft bei Kai, einem jungen Kollegen, und Elias, einem Patienten, der auf dem Sterbebett damit hadert, während des Krieges den Weg des geringsten Widerstandes gegangen zu sein. Als Vergangenheit und Gegenwart miteinander zu verschmelzen beginnen, kristallisiert sich heraus, dass die drei Männer durch mehr verbunden sind, als sie ahnen: durch die Liebe ein und derselben Frau. Ein bildkräftiges Epos voller Sprachmagie über gewöhnliche Menschen, die mit ungewöhnlichen Umständen kämpfen müssen; ein Roman über Freundschaft, Verständnis, Absolution und die Unauslöschbarkeit der Vergangenheit; über Reisen, Träume und Verluste und über die Macht der Liebe.
