A French plantation owner Benjamin Godly-Talfeur, liberates his slaves before the Civil War, only to legally exploit them after the war ends.
This historical fiction illustrates the first black-run staffing agency and its struggles against racism and the empowered white supremacy that follows the south into the twentieth century.
A delightfully rare Historical Novel. 85% a biography of a spy, musician, mother and her neice trapped behind German lines in World War I. This background led to a diplomatic post in World War II. Aged 92, Vera disclosed her past life one year before
Autumn 1940. Germany invades Britain. Newport is blitzed. Danny O’Shea’s house is bombed, his wife is killed. While taking his young son Adam to neutral Ireland, they witness an attack on a German convoy. The result is brutal.
