Blogs in January 1970

Hetman: Donetsk Calling 1st January 1970

Former SAS Trooper turned MI6 Operative Aidan Snow returns in a short story preceding the release of the third Aidan Snow thriller. As an ex-pat Brian Webb has a great life, a sexy wife and a perfect daughter. But...

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Second from Last in the Sack Race 1st January 1970

On March 13th 1935, at Number 23 Paradise Lane, Thurmarsh, Henry Pratt was born. This is the story of Henry’s life, from humble beginnings in South Yorkshire, through the Second World War and his absolute terror of public school....

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Starlings 1st January 1970

Starlings is a daisy-chain novel set in Brighton. Each chapter tells the story of one of its varied inhabitants. Disparate lives collide in surprising ways, showing that destinies are often shaped by those we live beside. In a coastal...

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The Elephant Keeper 1st January 1970

‘I asked the sailor what an Elephant looked like: he replied that it was like nothing on earth.’ In the middle of the 18th century, a ship docks at Bristol with an extraordinary cargo: two young elephants. Bought by...

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Down the Garden Path 1st January 1970

Down the Garden Path has stood the test of time as one of the world’s best-loved and most-quoted gardening books. Ostensibly an account of the creation of a garden in Huntingdonshire in the 1930s, it is really about the...

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