A story of love and infidelity spanning two centuries.
Dr. Julius de Havilland, a lecturer in history, and his wife Claire, a nurse, are happily married until his friend, Professor Geoff Haynes, persuades him to take part in a new project he’s working on. When the experiment goes disastrously wrong it seems that Julius will never see his wife again. But what happens when he becomes attracted to a young Victorian girl? A story of love and infidelity across two centuries, and one man’s struggle to live in a world that he has only previously known from history books…
Excerpt
Could it really have been something as simple as his name that had started his obsession with the past? Even as a youngster he’d been fascinated with his family history but in researching it, had come to an abrupt halt when trying to find details of his great-great-grandfather. Thinking back he could say, yes it was his name that had been the spark that gave him his whole career.
Being a somewhat sensitive boy his name had proved a great embarrassment at school and provided excellent psychological ammunition for the tormenting bullies. They constantly called after him “Julie, that’s a girl’s name” or even worse. In his younger days he’d arrived home many a time close to tears after the teasing he’d received. He even wished, secretly, he had a middle name he could use instead. When he tentatively suggested to his parents that he might change his name to William, after his uncle, well, great uncle really, their answer was an emphatic no! So, Julius de Havilland he was, and Julius de Havilland he would remain.
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Reviews for "Flashback"
Reviewed by Stephen Bassett
1/4/2003
Crosses many genres, pleasing readers of all of them. Very clever, very readable.
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