A THANKLESS CHILD
THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGIANA JANE HENDERSON
(1771 - 1850)
By Susan Bennett
Published 2020
This book provides a flavour of a period of history known as the Enlightenment through the eyes of a young girl born in 1771. Georgiana Jane Henderson (nee Keate) was known to actors, actresses, artists, naval men, emigres and even a South Sea islander and visited England's spa towns. She had her portrait painted by Angelica Kauffman RA and John Russell RA.
Susan Bennett MA is an Honorary Faculty Fellow at Brighton University; and
Honorary Secretary of and Editor for The William Shipley Group for RSA History.
Susan is also a dedicated member of Watford Writers .
Wonderland by Andrea Neidle
Published in 2019
Andrea’s poetry has been published both here and in the USA, broadcast on Radio 3, Radio London and Harlech TV. She worked as a copywriter at major London ad agencies and then moved into teaching, leading the Postgraduate Advertising course at West Herts College.
The author of “How to Get into Advertising” (Cengage Learning, 2002) and the founder of Get Into Advertising training workshops, Andrea lives in Bushey, Hertfordshire.
www.andreaneidle.wordpress.com
Wonderland is published by TheWoodland Press.
Kelvin and Henry by John D.Ward
Published in 2019
Kelvin Williams has lived in an orphanage since his parents died in a car crash nearly ten years ago. Now, his Uncle Henry has arrived to take him out of the home, but Kelvin never knew he had an uncle or any living relative. Is Henry really his uncle? Why has Henry waited so long? He promises fun and riches, but can Kelvin trust him?
Henry introduces Kelvin to his world of bars, crooks and gamblers. It is 1963, and there is social political and racial upheaval in the southern states of America and Kelvin has to grow up fast in Henry's world.
Lucifer's Child by Gideon Masters
Published in 2019
What do you do when you're dying? You've tried every conceivable trial and crank cure and travelled the world to do it. You've blown all your savings, all to no avail. The wife you love faces a future without you and no money. If you're a man of action, you seize any opportunity, however insane, to safeguard your wife and to take your mind off things. So when John read the crazy advertisement in the paper: "EXPERT BODYGUARD REQUIRED. HIGH POSSIBILITY OF DEATH. LEAVE FOR FOREIGN PARTS WITHIN THE WEEK. THREE MONTHS OR LESS, DEPENDENT ON ABILITY TO SURVIVE. 75,000." he, of course, applied. And when he met the gun toting lunatic who placed the advertisement, naturally he accepted the job. It was a lot of cash. His life was over anyway. How could he know it was also about to explode into a new beginning? A beginning filled with dense reality, sexuality and violence of dreams and nightmares.
Friday's Child by Rosemary Morris
Published in 2019
London. 1822
Since the day her oldest sister entered society, Lady Elizabeth imagined the pleasures of her first London Season. Unfortunately, when she is old enough to make her debut, no member of her family is available to chaperone her in London. She accepts her Great-Aunt Augusta’s offer to bring her out in Cheltenham. Elizabeth looks forward to living at Augusta’s grand house near the lively, popular town where people drink mineral water at pump houses and enjoy the social life. Determined to be the perfect debutante, she cannot imagine creating a scandal. It is fortunate she cannot foresee the future. Modest, loving and giving. Elizabeth is blessed with beauty and a fortune. It would not be surprising if her ‘head is turned’ by admirers but she is not a flirt. When she sees Mr Yates she sets her heart on him, but she is not attracted to Sir Victor who has an exotic background, and amber eyes like a tiger’s which unnerve her. Both gentlemen made their fortunes when they served in the East India Company. Will they lead her into trouble? Will one of them be the perfect match for her?
The full list of Rosemary's published works can be seen at: http://rosemarymorris.co.uk/
Short but Tall Stories by Brian Bold
Published in 2019
These very short stories offer a speculative view of the future of love, time travel and life with robots. You can't ignore the trends they suggest or can you?
Brian Bold's published books are available on http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/biro
and most on Amazon.