A Remembrance of Death is set in the final years of a declining British Empire and is a beautifully crafted novel that deals with regret, loss, love, and hope. Spanning forty years, the story examines the relationship between Basil Drewe and Celia Lutyens, and how love like rain cannot choose the grass on which it falls.
As he arrives at Oxford in 1917, Basil Drewe is coming to terms with the recent death of his brother Adrian in the Great War. Meanwhile at Ojai in America, Celia Lutyens and her illegitimate son Robert struggle to find their place in a foreign country. On returning to England, Celia renews her acquaintance with Basil and finds she must deal with the mistakes of her past and the constraints placed upon her by society and its expectations. Their journey takes them to India, Vienna, London, Nuremberg and Kenya. Finally, they return to Castle Drogo, the place where they first met, however, the castle no longer represents the ideal it once did for Celia but is now a mausoleum.
A few months ago I submitted A Remembrance of Death for the Yeovil Literary Prize. The book was short-listed and received a high commendation, with the judge describing it as "prose with a classic sensibility... evoking a clear and present time and place, the characters lifting effortlessly from the page with authentic dialogue and engaging set pieces."
The book has now been copy edited and will be out on sale on 2nd December 2024. During the next month I have to do the final proof-reading of the novel and ensure that the book is not inconsistent with Of All Faiths & None and with the next novel in the series, which has a working title of, "of Splendid Hearts".
Anyone who would like an e.book ARC (advance reader copy) just needs to email me and I would be pleased to send a pdf version to you. I hope that in the next few days the e.book will be available for pre-order on Amazon. I will then start uploading it on to Bookbub and other sites to purchase.
Finally, just to say that Of All Faiths & None is currently free on Kindle Direct, so if you have not read it, please pick up a copy if you are a subscriber.
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