When first told herself, her initial reaction would have been one of utter disbelief - evidence notwithstanding. One day he is sacked from his job,on arrival at his fiancee's house her mother wont let him see her and says he is despicable and must never contact her again. Advance Reading copy for the Penguin edition of this title, softcover, slight lean, covers and page edges soiled, few creases, light bump to base of spine, a VG copy in blue-green printed wraps. The spring of 1977 found me, newly past thirty, a bad case of wasted talent in a largely waste city -- an unemployed, divorced ex-schollteacher of foundered promise and dismal prospect.

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In a writing career spanning more than twenty years, Robert Goddard's novels have been described in many different ways - mystery, thriller, crime, even historical romance. This site uses cookies to deliver our services, improve performance, for analytics, and (if not signed in) for advertising. I read a list of books recommended by some authors and Stephen King recommended this author so highly, it reminded me of me when I get excited about an author or book. Another minor annoyance with Goddard's writing style is the excessive use of the ("if only I had known") device.Famous politicians such as Lloyd George, Asquith, Churchill are in the story, brought to life by Goddard. The more Martin discovers, the further the mystery deepens, as theories are arrived at then discarded. The plot is split between the present (though that’s in the 1980s, back when the book was written) and the past, as historian Martin Radford tries to investigate what happened to Edwin Strafford back in the 1910s. I have previously read books that use diaries and memoirs for flashbacks that have failed in what they were trying to do – Goddard pulls it off very well.

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Martin is offered a job - to investigate the rise and fall of Strafford, an ambitious young politician whose downfall, in 1910, is as mysterious as the strange deaths that still haunt his family. At Leo's request, Martin reads Strafford's journal: after a meteoric rise, Strafford fell for a suffragette--political poison in that era.I'm forgiving and trustful and allow myself to be swept away rather than antagonistic and 'demanding' to be won over. His first Harry Barnett novel, Into the Blue, was winner of the first WHSmith Thumping Good Read Award and was dramatized for TV, starring John Thaw. As an author of so many best selling novels out there, Robert Goddard studied in Bathampton county primary school, then known as the Wallisdean county junior school and in Prince’s grammar School, that is before going to study history at Cambridge University.

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Currently, Goddard is married to Vaunda where he has not only identified Vaunda as a joint holder of the copyright to his work, but they also live together in Truro at Cornwall.I hate that people kept preying on Edwin's goodness and his love for Elizabeth, and it tears me apart that someone he loved so much never even stopped to ask herself 'what if. In an interview, he said "The TV version of Into the Blue was a travesty of the story I wrote and I am determined that any future adaptations should be more faithful to the original".

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The story actually felt more realistic due to this blending of different genres and tones; life doesn't abide by genre conventions after all. Edwin’s memoir covers his time as a politician and his experiences of the women’s suffrage movement.With echoes of John Fowles' The Magus, the compelling narrative style and labyrinthine plot of Robert Goddard's first novel make it an extraordinary literary achievement.