Namen wie Scott und Shackleton sind Fans der polaren Entdeckungsgeschichte wohlbekannt. Doch wer kennt den irischen Bauernsohn Tom Crean, der gleich drei ihrer bedeutenden Antarktis-Expeditionen auf heldenhafte Weise unterstützte? Mit Scott und der »Discovery« stellte Crean einen neuen Südrekord auf, Scotts legendäres Wettrennen mit Amundsen begleitete er bis kurz vor den Pol und rettete dann mit einem spektakulären Alleinmarsch durch die Eiswüste sich und seinen Kameraden das Leben. Mit Shackleton durchquerte er unter unmenschlichen Bedingungen Südgeorgien, um Hilfe für die...

While predominantly a work of fiction, this tale is based on a real event that took place during the Balkan War of the 1990s.The civil war around Sarajevo is the backdrop to an unexpected love story. We follow the fortunes of a British comedian who travels to the besieged city to bring some light relief to the suffering citizens. Once there, he is invited to help run an unusual contest designed to bring some normality to the citizen's desperate, war-torn lives.This short story is taken from a collection called 'Fonts', where each story is prompted by the name of a font.

There are three short stories in this book.RomeA salesman's travel plans change unexpectedly, forcing him to stay at the far-from-perfect Pensione Serendipità. Experiences at this old hotel challenge his view of life.GeorgiaFor decades, Papa Jo has lived in freedom, but with the memory of a terrible crime he committed as a youth. Now, the evidence of that crime is about to be unearthed.Good News Is No NewsWhat really constitutes news?'Georgia' is taken from a collection called 'Fonts', where each story is prompted by the name of a font.

Some people call this 'Flash Fiction'; writing a story in less than one thousand words. That's quite a challenge; but one I accepted, to produced eight short stories on a wide range of topics and in a variety of styles - humour, mystery, historical, love, and a little light pondering of life and death.Included here, you will find a description of the perfect bank robbery, a Viennese mystery, an unusual love story, and even a little Leprechaun hunting in Ireland. There is the trivial, modern-day problem of ordering a coffee to the weightier, older issue of what to do once a war has been won....

There are no assassin schools, no correspondence courses, no on-the-job training. It is not something one discusses in a career's interview. So, how exactly does one become an assassin?This lighthearted story presents one possible scenario.Set against the beautiful opulence of a Lake Como villa, we follow the story's hero as he stumbles into an unexpected career, with the help of an aging Contessa.

These fictional secret memoirs, set mainly during the Cold War of the 1980s, tell the story of Sir Ralph Martens and his rise through the ranks of 'The Department' a largely secretive branch of the British Government.The Department's remit was to maintain a constant level of low-level fear amongst the population, thus enabling their manipulation through the media.As he neared the top of the hierarchy, Sir Ralph was entrusted with darker secrets of international importance. His fine-tuned political senses informed him that change was in the air. By the late 1980s, he knew a dramatic shift on...