Chateau Du Lac has its own story to tell. But this is about Fiona Macintyre who had thought life sweet and largely untroubled, perhaps things were going on in the same old way bit all was good. Until she meets someone, she is sent to Thailand on business. She is invited to a party in France and experiences what life was like for those that had lived in WW11 occupied France. The events that unfold have consequences for both families very existence.Yet this is comedy, it has romance, ...

You will love Ginger Betty she's great fun. She's a bit like Granny Bev and bit like 'shop' Gran - straight to the point in around about way! She runs a small ginger beer making factory across the back yard from the family grocer's shop. She loves popular fiction and reading plays.Her passion is to direct and she joins the Salcombe Amateur Dramatic Society known as SADS. This is her chance to write and produce a play, 'Inspector Hector Investigates' with the help of her friends.

This is a three part story: Firstly it deals with Charles Babbage's ancestors through the ages; secondly, we look at his own life as a child and teenager at university as well as his family life; Lastly we explore his relationship with the remarkable Ada Bryon, his inspiration to build a computer and his life as an inventor.

Young Kitty owns a small trading vessel called the Storm Siren that runs between Totnes and Dartmouth in Devon delivering soap from the family owned factory. Her crew consists of Florence, George, Denzel and Finley. On a trip to Dartmouth they rescue a young lad called Archer from the fast flowing river. Poor Archer had been trying to pursue a Danish ship called the Skuldelev to rescue his father who had been press ganged. With the help of their friend Amos and later the customs officer Mr...

Tabby Basset is seventeen years old and lives in town of Topsham in Devon in 1885. She is a highly skilled carpenter by trade. And she has a dream. This is a story about how absolute single mindedness and determination will pave the way to success.She discovers she can make and repair violins after meeting Cliffy on The Pioneer, a sailing ship bound for Holland. She agrees to travel with the ship as a shipwright. She learns to play the violin and after meeting and playing ...

The Jolly Sailor is a pirate comedy play for teenagers. It is based around a group of friends known as the Posse, among them is William who is the least adventurous. He had lead a sheltered life because that is just how his father, a customs officer, had arranged it - if William had known that his mother was Gracie O'Donnell - the Pirate Queen - his life might have been very different.On a trip to France to pick up documents William is kidnapped by the Cornish Captain Rumtug and hi...

Charles Dickens was an abrupt, excitable young man driven to succeed. He would always be distressed by the humiliation he experienced as a young child, at the hands of his frivolous parents. His Parents were well off and educated coming from middle-class backgrounds and he enjoyed that standard of living. Charles was well educated, well read and enjoyed music and acting.When his parents were put into the debtor's prison and he was sent out to work in a factory labeling and potting j...

A personal insight in to the life of John Keats, his thoughts, his friends, where was his life going?... his poetry said it all. He was a hothead, short to temper, but so completely focused on becoming a poet, he had a vision, an image of himself. Fashion mattered, frilly cuffs mattered and he was prepared for fisticuffs on the streets or a brawl at the local theatre.His time in Devon was the summer in his life for the most part - though it rained most of the time. His brother and ...

This is a book that looks at her life under a microscope for the few precious years of her life when she was staying in Torquay. It is also a social history of Torquay in the Victorian times. It gives you a domestic insight into her everyday life by describing what she could see around her, who her friends were, what she said and did.The picture emerges of young talented woman who writes which such emotional vividness.Elizabeth had many relatives already living in Torquay - s...

The Jolly Sailor is a pirate comedy drama for teenagers. It is based around a group of friends known as the Posse and among them is William who does not 'do' adventures. He had had lead a sheltered life and that's just how his father, a customs officer, had arranged it - had he had known that his mother was Gracie O'Donnell - the Pirate Queen - his life would have been very different.On a trip to France William is kidnapped by the Cornish Captain Rumtug and his daughter Martha May,...

This is a three part story it deals with Charles Babbage's ancestors through the ages. Secondly, his own life as a child then as a teenager and going on to university, his family life. Thirdly and his relationship with the remarkable Ada Bryon), and thirdly what inspired him to want to build a computer and his life as an inventor.

A quick paced story of misadventure and fun where Maureen finds the meaning of her life. And all this because she decided to hide in a wardrobe with a painting!