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In the words of Fiona Stafford, who introduces this new collection, 'Here are poems of dedication, exhortation and invitation. Lucky the listener to be finding such company, such sense, such clarity, such joy.... This is a man who knows, and what's more, a man who is glad to share. .. Readers are likely to feel that they are in the company not of the poet alone, but also his family and many friends.'

A study of the life and works of Erik Chisholm, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century Scottish music.

'Poetry was always a natural thing to me, part of letter-writing and simply another way of responding to the world'. Thus the author prefaces this substantial new collection of poems, in strict form and in free verse, including a number published previously - in The Counting Stick, A Share of the Wind, and Amoretti, all published by Aquila Press, or in anthologies and magazines - some of them 're-appearing' here with revisions. Informing this fresh view of his work are three of his father's 'Six Sea Poems'. The collection is introduced by Alan Riach, who describes 'the world John Purser makes...

ONE KINGDOM. ONE DESTINY. Glastonbury, 1005 AD: a dying Abbot foresees the coming of the Northmen and dreadful devastation in the land... Guildford, 1036: A small boy watches a troop of horsemen advancing in the snow bringing with them something terrible to behold... Westminster, 1066: a dying king makes his choice for the throne that will change the course of history... THE DEVIL'S INHERITANCE The Devil's Inheritance is the saga of the Norman Conquest of England spanning over four decades and including a cast of a dozen leading characters. At its centre are the stories of Harold Godwinsson...