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Brigandshaw chronicles volume 1
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"It's 1887, and Seb Brigandshaw is on a sailing ship heading for Africa, his misery all-consuming. He ponders his future, but there is none without his beautiful Em. Banished by his vindictive father to the colonies, and separated from his love in England, the choices to him are few. Especially as his father has the power to seal her fate. Disembarking at the port of Cape Town, a life-changing encounter takes him on a journey through a hostile and...
Author
Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
"The sweeping saga of the Brigandshaws continues. From the elegant drawing rooms of England at war to the beauty of Africa and the wild deadly diamond fields of the diamond coast. After completing his Oxford University degree, Harry Brigandshaw spends the summer at Purbeck Manor in the heart of the Dorset countryside and home to his friend Robert St Clair. Whilst there, Harry meets Lucinda, Robert's sister, who falls in love with him but he doesn't...
Author
Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 3
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
"Two men: one broken, the other, a vicious drunk. Can either man let go of their past without self-destructing? The insanity of the Great War is finally over. But for Harry Brigandshaw raw grief and anger consumes his every waking hour. Mostly to run away from himself, Harry journeys with Barend Oosthuizen deep into the African bush and on to the Skeleton Coast in search of diamonds. It is several, lonely years before Harry eventually returns to Elephant...
Author
Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 4
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
"The sweeping saga of the Brigandshaws continues. From the elegant drawing rooms of England at war to the beauty of Africa and the wild deadly diamond fields of the diamond coast. After completing his Oxford University degree, Harry Brigandshaw spends the summer at Purbeck Manor in the heart of the Dorset countryside and home to his friend Robert St Clair. Whilst there, Harry meets Lucinda, Robert's sister, who falls in love with him but he doesn't...
Author
Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 5
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Can bitter enemies ever be friends? Harry Brigandshaw is presumed dead, missing in the wilds of Africa. And Colonial Shipping is stolen. Tina is miserable on Elephant Walk whilst the new generation of Brigandshaws and St Clairs are on the threshold of new beginnings. Young, carefree, full of excitement and eager for success. The Great War is behind them, the world has licked their wounds and a new future beckons. But menacing undercurrents are permeating....
Author
Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 6
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
What the older generation of Brigandshaws feared has returned. The world is no longer on the brink of tears. Having joined the Air Ministry, Harry Brigandshaw is itching to fly but deemed too old. He has no alternative but to stay in London, working to keep his fevered mind at rest and running for shelter as the chilling air-raid sirens sound. To keep his wife and children out of insanity's reach, Harry sends them to Cape Town. But from so far away,...
Author
Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 9
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
They chanted. 'Release Mandela'. But for three young individuals, their motives are their own... During a London Anti-Apartheid march, Daily Mirror reporter, Harry, meets the impassioned Petronella, a communist activist. Alongside her is Josiah Makoni, a man spearheading his own cause to free his people from colonial Rhodesia. A country threatening to declare unilateral independence from Britain... Enamoured after his brief encounter, Harry wants...
Author
Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 7
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Can bitter enemies ever be friends? Harry Brigandshaw is presumed dead, missing in the wilds of Africa. And Colonial Shipping is stolen. Tina is miserable on Elephant Walk whilst the new generation of Brigandshaws and St Clairs are on the threshold of new beginnings. Young, carefree, full of excitement and eager for success. The Great War is behind them, the world has licked their wounds and a new future beckons. But menacing undercurrents are permeating....
Author
Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 8
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
She left home for a husband. But she fell in love with Africa... With a fiance waiting in Africa, and a one-way ticket in hand, artist Livy Johnston boards a steamer ship at the port of London. A tantalising future awaits, and Livy is exuberant with a lust for life. So much so, that when she catches the eye of a fellow passenger, she embarks on a shipboard romance. Surely one last fling wouldn't hurt... Arriving in Rhodesia, Livy quickly makes new...
10) Full circle
Author
Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 10
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
If you hope well in life, everything turns out fine. But hope for Rhodesia is fading… Granted a Crown Land farm, all Bobby Preston wants is a life of happiness. With a woman by his side. His estate to flourish. A family. With that, he proposes marriage. To a girl he barely knows… Full of optimism and excitement, Katie accepts and begins her voyage to Africa. Spending her first night under the African stars, it all seems perfect. But then doubts...
11) The game of life
Author
Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 13
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
"Is it a deliberate trap or just the game of life? He’s lived all his adult life on the banks of the Zambezi River. A safari camp operator but destined to live alone. Despondently returning to Zimbabwe after his brother’s wedding, Phillip Crookshank is left ruminating about his future. Until he meets the American… Falling for the seductive woman’s charms, Phillip knows it will only be a brief love affair. As they always are. But Martha has...
Author
Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 11
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
One single bullet was all it took... Terrified and heartbroken, Randall Crookshank packs his bags, a plane ticket purchased. Naïve as to where he's going, Randall is greeted with buzzing cars and hordes of people. It's Piccadilly Circus. Not the tranquillity of the African bush where the lions roar, the elusive leopard hides, or the fish eagle that haunts the skies. It's not Rhodesia. Friendless and alone, reluctant to rely on Uncle Paul's charity,...
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Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 12
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Will the lure of fame and fortune be his nemesis? His life has collapsed, his marriage over, and his son is lost to him. Randall is broke, but with the aid of his two best friends, Randall flies home. Home to Africa. Africa where he can seek solace and a place to heal. Heading for the Zambezi River with only a vehicle and supplies to last several months, Randall starts to find his inner peace. Finding his rhythm, Africa begins to seep into his soul....
Author
Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 14
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"With his marriage in tatters, going back to where it all started is all he has left...His thoughts with Martha so far away in her own misery, Phillip finds what he has always craved. Peace and solitude on the banks of his beloved Zambezi River. But when a party of tourists arrives, his resolve to return to his African life is disrupted. An urgent letter is handed to him...In response, he returns to America in haste and New York calls with the prospect...
Author
Series
Brigandshaw chronicles volume 15
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Living on the thirty-first floor of a New York apartment, Randall is bored stiff. And also, he cannot write and longs for the peace of his African roots. But Meredith is perfectly content, enjoying the company of her artist friends, including Clint… Relying on Harry B’s bar for friendship, Randall drowns his sorrow in alcohol. He hates his publishing commitments, wanting nothing to do with them. And meantime his marriage is crumbling. It’s...
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