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CURRENT RELEASES
THE DRAGONFLY,
A Bury St. Edmunds Historical Time-Travel Novel. Available July 2007
from Whiskey Creek Press.
A history professor, Cathy White, is in a car accident that delivers a
traumatic blow to her head. She wakes to find herself in a 620 A.D.
Anglo-Saxon village, where her knowledge of the future confuses the
villagers.
Her further travels take her to a 1606 manorhome in Bury St. Edmunds,
England, where she warns of the plight of the Jamestown, Virginia,
explorers. The owner of the manor is Bartholomew Gosnold who planned the
journey to America and captained the expeditionary sailing ship, Godspeed,
accompanied by the ships, Susan Constant and the Discovery. Their landing in
Virginia on the James River on May 12, 1607 is marked by the 400th
anniversary being celebrated in 2007 in what is now known as Jamestown.
Celebrations will take place in Virginia and in England, including a special
service held at the Cathedral in Bury St. Edmunds, marking the founding of
the first English-speaking settlement in the United States. Cathy’s
foretelling of the outcome of the Jamestown voyage is misinterpreted and
causes problems for her with the superstitious townspeople.
Cathy’s final destination is a country village in 1943, during World War II,
where she lives as a Land Army gal. Being a history professor provides her
with knowledge of the war which she recounts, raising governmental
suspicions toward her.
Throughout the story, her goal is to find her way back to her husband in
present time. Woven throughout this story is the true, fascinating, history
of the author's hometown in England.
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The Life of OUIDA,
The Romantic Victorian Writer from Bury St. Edmunds, a non-fiction biography
booklet. It is self-published and is now available.
Louise de la Ramé (known as Ouida) was born in Bury St. Edmunds, England, in
1839. During her lifetime she wrote more than forty novels, numerous
articles, and many children’s stories that were read the world over. Some of
her books were translated into other languages including Japanese, Dutch,
and Yiddish. In 1975 her children’s book, A Dog of Flanders, was made into a
very popular TV series based on the story by the Japanese Nippon Animation
Company. That book has been made into a movie several times including one
made in 1935, 1959, and 1999 starring Jon Voight. Several versions of her
book, Under Two Flags, have been made. The first was in 1916 with Theda Bara
in a lead role, then the 1922 version starred Rudolph Valentino, and in
1936, a talkie this time, starred Ronald Colman and Claudette Colbert. Ouida
was a plain-looking, arrogant woman who led an extravagant lifestyle but
died in poverty. She helped start the Italian Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty on Animals, was an animal rights activist and at one time owned as
many as thirty pampered dogs.
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LAVENDER
and LOVE - A contemporary, mainstream novel w/romantic elements. Lavender’s
intertwined in Angela’s life—from the family’s lavender fields in
England, to the lavender fields of France. While living in England, Italy,
France, and the U.S., she grows from a dependent, twice-divorced woman into a
self-sufficient, successful entrepreneur. All that’s missing is her
truelove, her first husband. He says he still loves her, but why was she
commanded to meet him and his lawyers at a Pennsylvania estate? Is he going to
take their son away?
. . . quick paced . . . reads like an enchanting movie . . . unique attention
to detail . . . intimately portrays a strong heroine and the hardships she
endures . . .is a must read for anyone who needs encouragement in their
personal life. The Road to Romance
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