Retallick

Josh Retallick, hardy son of a respected Cornish family, and the wild Miriam, daughter of a copper miner, explore together the secret places and wild creatures of Bodmin Moor, unaware that fate will soon sweep them apart. Yet destiny brings them together again through hard and bitter years when the forces of property and power fight to crush the sturdy mining folk who refuse, come what may, to see their spirit broken . . . Book 2 of the 'Retallick' series.

Events for the Retallick family take a dramatic turn when the onset of the Great War plunges Europe into turmoil. Book 8 of the 'Retallick' series.

In 1864 Josh and Miriam Retallick return home from Africa to discover hard times in Cornwall. We see Josh become a new power in his native land.

1915: Ben Retallick is asked by a War Office friend to provide two traction engines for a secret expedition from Cape Town to Lake Tanganyika. But he is arrested on circumstantial evidence provided by a business rival and accused of being pro-German. Book 9 of the 'Retallick' series.