Work In Progress
Photo: Science Museum London
Narrative Non-Fiction:
My Grandfather’s Leg: A Tale of Two Countries –
the lost story of a Victorian prosthetic limb
and the man who wore it, my (three times) great-grandfather:
his pain and perseverance amid harrowing medical intervention;
a gripping, gory, galloping tale of
scandal, science and stoical survival.
Two novels:
Stitching Time -
a group of obsessives, each pursuing their particular aim:
clock-maker, anatomist, physician, astronomer,
all serving their dying king
whose mother is prayed for in a nuns'
novena, while her daughter plots escape
and builds a sepulchre.
'Gripping and elusive, tantalising, rich in mesmeric beauty'
Chantilly Lace -
set near Paris at fin de siècle, the story follows
a family over three generations,
before, during and after two world wars.
