Margaret James Knihy

In the aftermath of World War One, the glitter of the Roaring Twenties is just a myth in the provinces. There, all too often, hard reality means mass unemployment, food shortages and discharged soldiers begging on street corners.But for David Lawrence, passion distracts him from his socialist concerns when he falls in love with his glacially beautiful cousin Elizabeth. The relationship seems doomed, as not only is Elizabeth an ice-cold Madonna to David's hot-blooded philanderer but her brother Edmund hates Jews, blaming them for the Depression ... and David is half-Jewish.Edmund is dangerous. Born with a cruel streak, he conceals his vices under a sophisticated veneer. A meeting with the handsome Simon Harrow introduces him to new erotic pleasures - and fascism. But it is a visit to his sister which explodes unvoiced family prejudices to the surface. Miserable with her husband's infidelities, Elizabeth confides in Edmund. As violence erupts in the Lawrence household, it foreshadows the violence which will soon sweep across Europe ...

An abandoned child, Deborah Tanner grows up in the squalor of industrial Birmingham. Her origin's a mystery, she has no one and nothing to call her own, yet a chance meeting with a strolling actor opens up a whole new world for her. Immediately she is drawn to the tawdry glamour of the Victorian stage, where success and failure, heartbreak and triumph now follow in rapid succession until, at last, Deb realises that all her future happiness depends on a man who has always loved her.

Focusing on the often-overlooked social and economic developments of the Puritan revolution, this study utilizes archival resources to explore the transformative years from 1640 to 1660. It highlights the significant changes and experiments occurring in society alongside the political upheaval, offering a comprehensive view of this pivotal period in history.

Krankheit ist den meisten von uns kein Fremdwort. Meistens werden wir wieder gesund. Es gibt aber viele Mitmenschen, die von unheilbaren Krankheiten befallen werden. Was dann? Margaret James leidet unter der parkinsonschen Krankheit. Hier finden wir das Resultat aus ihrem Erlebten und was sie daraus an persönlichem Gewinn gezogen hat.