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When David Wilkinson bought a picturesque cottage alongside the Kennet and Avon Canal in Berkshire, he was astonished to learn that the writer Richard Aldington, a WWI veteran, had lived there in the 1920s. In his most famous novel, Death of a Hero (1929), Aldington mourned the loss of a generation of young men in the First World War, while in The Colonel s Daughter (1931), he set out to show the effect of that loss on the young women left behind. Intrigued, Wilkinson decided to trace the people who had inspired this later novel. From servant girls to army officers, he interviewed those who knew and talked freely about Aldington s time amongst them, and the worrying effect that the work had on their lives. Aldington had moved on by the time he wrote The Colonel s Daughter, but for those involved the story would prove to be far closer to the truth than was easily palatable. One woman in particular was immediately recognizable and had to live with the consequences of Aldington s story for the remainder of her l
The finale of Green Arrow is here and the Emerald Archer's world will be forever changed. With an all-star talent line-up, this graphic novel is sure to hit its mark It's a mystery six months in the making: the box that can destroy the Justice League will be opened But first Ollie will have to keep
Winner of the Colonial Dames of America Book Prize Varina Anne Winnie Davis was born into a war-torn South in June of 1864, the youngest daughter of Confederate president Jefferson Davis and his second wife, Varina Howell Davis. Occurring only a month after the death of beloved Confederate hero gene
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The story of one the greatest leaders of the Civil Rights movement brings his achievement to life for a new generation. His personal documents, writings, and speeches provide a cohesive narrative detailing the rise and tragic death of a civil rights hero.
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In May 1996 a number of expeditions attempted to climb Mount Everest on the Southeast Ridge route. Each group contained world class climbers and relative novices, some of whom had paid tens of thousands of pounds for the climb. As they neared the summit twenty-three men and women, including the expe
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