Lois Elsden
WRITER
The Story of Rosa Czekov…
Over the last few weeks I have shared excerpts from my novels about Thomas Radwinter who traces his family history, and then later investigates other people’s stories, and not just genealogical ones, but mysteries in their everyday lives. Over the next month I am sharing excerpts from my other novels; this is the opening chapters of ‘The Stalking of […]
MoreToday, the heat of the sun
Wintry weather, and sometimes it’s nice to look forward to the summer! here’s a post from a couple of years ago, and a lovely summery but very old French poem: I bought a little book of French verse, published in 1942 during the war; the poems in it go right back to the eleventh century, […]
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River Cruise on Board M.C. Belle, September 9th, & 10th, 1937
The last entry, and no doubt the last day of my dad and his friend Sammy’s cruise up the River Cam. 9.9.37 It was quarter to nine before either of us woke this morning and after lighting the primus we soon had breakfast ready. We went into St Ives and bought some food. We returned […]
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Farholm…
Over the last two weeks I have shared excerpts from my novels about Thomas Radwinter who traces his family history, and then later investigates other people’s stories, and not just genealogical ones, but mysteries in their everyday lives. For the next month I am going to share excerpts from my other novels, starting with the opening chapter of […]
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