R.L. Bartram's Blog
October 30, 2018
Nov 11th 1918 WW1 ends
On Nov 11th 1918 at 11o'clock the guns finally fell silent. The first World War was over. It cost the lives of over 20 million young men and left a lasting memory on the nations mind that still endues today.
On Nov 11th 2018 we will observe the centenary of the end of World War 1.
Perhaps we should also remember all the wives, mothers, sisters and sweethearts that were left to carry on alone. They are, I strongely believe the unsung heros of the most savage conflict of the twentieth centuary.
Join me, if you will, while I re-read my debut novel "Dance the Moon Down" A story of one young woman's courage and faith after her husband goes missing on the Western Front.
The book is still available on Amazon, where you can enjoy a few sample chapters for free. If you already have a copy, then recommend it to a friend. Read and remember all those women who had to rebuild their shattered lives. They supported the men at the front. Worked and starved, hoped and prayed. Sometimes their prayers were answered, often they weren't.
On the 11th, I shall think of all those men who died, but I shall also spare a thought for all those who were left behind. They stuggled and suffered. They helped win the war, but no memorial has ever been raised for them.
I hope that, in some way, my novel helps redress the balance a little.
R.L.Bartram.
On Nov 11th 2018 we will observe the centenary of the end of World War 1.
Perhaps we should also remember all the wives, mothers, sisters and sweethearts that were left to carry on alone. They are, I strongely believe the unsung heros of the most savage conflict of the twentieth centuary.
Join me, if you will, while I re-read my debut novel "Dance the Moon Down" A story of one young woman's courage and faith after her husband goes missing on the Western Front.
The book is still available on Amazon, where you can enjoy a few sample chapters for free. If you already have a copy, then recommend it to a friend. Read and remember all those women who had to rebuild their shattered lives. They supported the men at the front. Worked and starved, hoped and prayed. Sometimes their prayers were answered, often they weren't.
On the 11th, I shall think of all those men who died, but I shall also spare a thought for all those who were left behind. They stuggled and suffered. They helped win the war, but no memorial has ever been raised for them.
I hope that, in some way, my novel helps redress the balance a little.
R.L.Bartram.
August 9, 2017
My New Book
I am pleased to announce the forthcoming publication of my new novel 'Whippoorwill'.
It is an historical romance set against the background of the American Civil War.
Published by Troubador.
Publication date Oct 28 2017.
310 pages Rating spicy.
Available in paperback, Kindle, online and all good book shops.
Here's a taste of the story.
Barely fourteen, Ceci Prejean is a tomboy running wild in the hot Louisiana summer. After breaking the nose of a local boy, her father decides to enlist the aid of Hecubah, a beautiful Creole woman, with a secret past, who takes Ceci in hand and turns her into a lady.
Now eighteen Ceci meets and falls passionately in love with a handsome young northerner, Trent Sinclaire. Trent is a cadet at the West Point military academy. He acts as if he knows Ceci. They begin a torried affair, even as the southern states begin to secede from the union.
Only weeks before their wedding, the Confederate army attacks Fort Sumter and the civil war begins. Trent is called to active service in the north, leaving Ceci heartbroken in the south.
Swearing vengeance on the Union, after the untimely death of her family at the fall of New Orleans, Ceci meets with infamous spy master Henry Doucet. He initiates her into the shadowy world of espionage.
After her failure to avert the catastrophe at Gettysburg, Ceci infiltrates the White House. There she comes face to face with Abraham Lincoln, a man she's sworn to kill. Forming a reckless alliance with the actor, John Wilkes Booth, she is drawn deeper into the plot to assassinate the President of the United States. A Confederate spy in love with a Union officer, her next decision will determine whether she lives or dies.
This is my second published novel and I look forward to seeing it in print. I hope you do to.
R.L.Bartram.
It is an historical romance set against the background of the American Civil War.
Published by Troubador.
Publication date Oct 28 2017.
310 pages Rating spicy.
Available in paperback, Kindle, online and all good book shops.
Here's a taste of the story.
Barely fourteen, Ceci Prejean is a tomboy running wild in the hot Louisiana summer. After breaking the nose of a local boy, her father decides to enlist the aid of Hecubah, a beautiful Creole woman, with a secret past, who takes Ceci in hand and turns her into a lady.
Now eighteen Ceci meets and falls passionately in love with a handsome young northerner, Trent Sinclaire. Trent is a cadet at the West Point military academy. He acts as if he knows Ceci. They begin a torried affair, even as the southern states begin to secede from the union.
Only weeks before their wedding, the Confederate army attacks Fort Sumter and the civil war begins. Trent is called to active service in the north, leaving Ceci heartbroken in the south.
Swearing vengeance on the Union, after the untimely death of her family at the fall of New Orleans, Ceci meets with infamous spy master Henry Doucet. He initiates her into the shadowy world of espionage.
After her failure to avert the catastrophe at Gettysburg, Ceci infiltrates the White House. There she comes face to face with Abraham Lincoln, a man she's sworn to kill. Forming a reckless alliance with the actor, John Wilkes Booth, she is drawn deeper into the plot to assassinate the President of the United States. A Confederate spy in love with a Union officer, her next decision will determine whether she lives or dies.
This is my second published novel and I look forward to seeing it in print. I hope you do to.
R.L.Bartram.
