Rebecca Jenkins - Author
The First London Olympics - 1908
The 1908 Olympics in London was a world away from modern day Olympics - everything was built and organised in under two years, at a fraction of the cost. And amateurism still ruled - as far as the British were concerned, losing pluckily was the right thing to do. But then (as now) the Americans had a very different view - and their ferocious competitiveness led to a series of rows, disqualifications and boycotts. As this delightful and entertaining history shows, far from engendering goodwill among nations, the Games caused international uproar.
The F.R. Jarett Series
In the traditions of Georgette Heyer comes the first in a regency mystery series starring Raif Jarrett - an intriguing new hero who illuminates the dark corners of Georgian England...
Fanny Kemble - The Reluctant Celebrity
Fanny Kemble - A Reluctant Celebrity is the story of a 19th Century actress, abolitionist and wrote whose amibition was to live a life of Romantic sincerity