Publishing

I've re published one of my novellas, set in Roman-Celtic Britain. I may re publish a few more, if I get some interest in them. I have a novella set in Edwardian England, and another in the Napoleonic wars. They are romances but I've tried to throw in a bit of history.

Roman Bride by Nadine Sutton

This is a short story which is available on Amazon. It's set in Romano Celtic Britain and has an Arthurian theme. It is about a love story between a British soldier who is part of Arthur's army.. and a Roman lady who marries him. I hope some of my readers will enjoy it.

Roman Bride

My story Roman Bride is available on Amazon. It is a romance of a British soldier, who follows the Emperor Arthur, and a Roman-British lady, who is given to him in marriage. Hope it will please some of my readers. https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=roman+bride+sutton&crid=2QXTW9CUTIRD9&sprefix=roman+bride+sutton%2Caps%2C205&ref=nb_sb_noss

Kitten Lady

Its kitten season and Hannah is looking after very tiny kittens, some of whom are premature. You can follow her on social media.

Dorothy Canfield Fisher Novelist and Educator.

Im hoping to write a blog on Fisher's writing soon. She is an American author, born in 1879, in Lawrence, Kansas. Her father was a history professor and her mother was an artist. She was a prolific writer who also was involved in educational reform and in war relief work in Europe. She studied at the University of Kansas. She also studied languages in Paris. In 1907 she married John Redwood Fisher. During the War, she went with him to France and became involved in war work. After the war, she went on writing and also got involved in promoting the Montessori Method of education for young children. One of her novels which I like is the Home Maker. It is set in America, about a husband and wife, who swap roles. The husband is injured in an accident and confined to bed. His wife, who has never enjoyed housework and is impatient with her children, takes on a sales job, and finds she is very good at it. At home, her husband starts to manage the house and take care of the children and he enjoys it a lot, and the children are happier. But as he recovers, he realises that he would prefer to stay home and let his wife earn a living which she likes doing. But he knows that society would not accept this division of labour, of him being the housekeeper and child carer and his wife earning their money. He consults his doctor. The doctor agrees with him, and makes out that the husband is still injured and will never be much better, so he has an excuse for staying home and being a house husband.. and his wife does well at her job. I hope to blog some more about her later. I'm just starting to read one of her novels, based on her own life. It's called The Deepening Stream. Fisher had written a children's book (Understood Betsy) which was about the Montessori system of teaching. Her later novel also gives some information on Montessori, and is partly about her own war work in France.

warning to social Climbers by Benedict Brooke

As Jeremy reached the mountain top- He said “At last I can relax” "I must inform the office, By email, phone, and fax” “Must let them know that I’ve achieved My ultimate final goal” “No not slamming the markets Or selling my bloody soul Or being a bear, a slag or some such Or playing the Stock Exchange But I’ve given up my position And conquered a mountain range Reinstatement and promotion Senior manager, at least For I was conquering Everest, While they were on the piste Five hundred K, a company car A Merc or maybe a Jaguar Executive Box at sporting Events Henley, champagne, hospitality tents A flat down in Chelsea, a girlfriend called Shona Invited to Wembley, guest of the owner I’ll buy up Man U, run my own racehorse And hope for a gong from Elizabeth, of course Imagine their faces when I meet the queen I’ll stand there, polite, aloof and serene" And with that, the smug bastard fell down a ravine.

Consequences Part VI

Alex goes to town to meet her brother and he questions her about what has happened. She feels she can't explain why she left the house to find lodgings... and can't explain that her lodgings are shabby and in a very poor area. He asks why the servants weren't paid, and she finally manage to tell him it's because she had used up the money. She says that she thought he could just write another cheque and he is appalled and accuses her of embezzling the money. She really can't understand why it is a problem. She has not handled money in years. She dimly realises that it was wrong to take the money Cedric gave her for the servants' pay, and to use it herself, but she does not see why. Cedric is torn between serious disapproval and feeling sorry for her, when she is so helpless and unaware. Alex feels that it's another indication that she is a bad person and deserves punishment and hellfire. He tells her that they will forget about it, and when Pamela gets married, she will make over her money to Alex. She goes back to her lodgings and broods, and comes to the conclusion that if she's so bad, she is destined for hell anyway.. if there is a hell. So she decides to commit suicide. She goes to the Ponds on Hampstead Heath and nerves herself to end it all. She works herself up to find enough courage to finish her life.. and steps into the pond, having put stones in her pockets. She drowns. Her family are sad but not desperately upset. They don't understand the problems that she has carried all her life or what drove her to this final event. Her younger sister feels that she had nothing to live for. Barbara remembers how pretty the young Alex was.