The Imposter: A Norfolk Romance

by Chris Shaw

Overview

                                                                  TWO LOVERS

                                                                 A VIOLENT WAR

                                                         ONE RAVAGED MIND AND BODY

                              WILL FATE INTERVENE AND ALLOW THEM TO LIVE AND LOVE AGAIN?

It is the year 1914 in central Norfolk, England, when young farmer Frank Matthews meets his all-time love, Gwen Bell, just before volunteering as a sniper in WWI. This captivating novel follows his journey as a lover, husband, father, killer and identity thief as he seeks to survive the horrors of war and the atrocities he both witnessed and committed.

And just who is the mysterious discharged soldier Ken Bullen, appearing in Norfolk in 1917, intent on reclaiming his lost life and love? What happened to these two men fighting for their country in a bygone era of romance, violence, shell-shock and fragile new beginnings? The Imposter: A Norfolk Romance will reveal all…

 

 

 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780980588248
Publisher:	Christopher Shaw
Publication date:	02/28/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	338
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Chris Shaw was born in 1939 in Felixstowe, Suffolk, UK. He lived there with his mother during the war years, with occasional periods of respite from the bombs and doodlebugs on his grandparents' farm in Longham village in central Norfolk. He is a prize-winning writer, and his stories have also been featured in The Weekend Australian.
Dr Juliette Lachemeir is managing editor of The Erudite Pen, an editing and indie publishing business: www.theeruditepen.com

Table of Contents

Part 1: Love

The life of a sniper- 1

First encounter- 7

A test for Frank- 13

Meeting the family- 21

Sorting out the damage- 31

Decisions- 37

Wedding plans- 43

The wedding- 49

A new life together and its gathering storm clouds- 55

The birth of Christopher- 61

Part 2: War

A wake-up call 67

Bacon for breakfast 71

Another assignment 79

At last, some time off 85

Some timely advice- 89

Teamwork- 93

A lone assignment 99

Contact with the enemy- 103

A big surprise- 111

The big bang- 119

Endgame- 123

Healing- 129

Home to Norfolk- 135

Establishing myself 139

Gwen’s transition- 149

Part 3: New Beginnings-

Getting to know the villagers- 155

A trip to Dereham-- 161

Village life- 171

More trips to Dereham-- 179

An old nemesis- 185

Making contact 193

A new life dawns- 199

Fulcrum-- 209

Minor transition- 217

The picnic- 231

Breakthrough with Christopher- 241

A romantic dinner- 245

Another wedding to prepare- 255

Closer to ‘w’ day- 261

Educating Christopher- 275

An overture to family life- 281

More planning- 287

To the victor go the spoils- 293

The sum of all fears- 303

New friends and old friends- 309

Together again- 319

Afterword- 323

Editorial Reviews

The depths of love’s fiery embrace are forged within the crucible of the horrors of war. Only Chris Shaw could craft such an epic drama of human endurance, resilience, and most of all…love. The Imposter is a story of love’s precious moments. Not to be missed.

Stephen Chong M. Ed. Author of Bodies of Consequence.

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