It was a great window into an world of the past and although the letters are, of course, focused on their relationship I found it gave me an interesting view of their world at that time just after the war.
Kindle Reviewer
Even the words they used was such a revelation as to their attitudes to their place in life, the concerns they had about fitting into the life in the Sudan were a reminder of a time now gone and how things have truly changed (for the better) in the last 60 odd years.
Kindle Reviewer
Wanted on Voyage
Edited by F Gillard
ISBN 9781291213324 470 pages Perfect Bound paperback
Published in 2012
The first volume of 10 years of love letters written by two young people from 1945 onwards and found after they died. Separated for months on end, their letters were the only way of maintaining a relationship through times of joy and grief. Sometimes gossipy, sometimes passionate, sometimes full of practicalities, always intense, they reveal the life of an aspiring couple during and after World War Two, in pre Independence India, Oxford, and Sudan. They offer a glimpse of a world now gone, and an insight into preoccupations of that era. Between the lines lie clues to secrets which never emerged during their lifetime. Open the box, and discover the flame which, at a distance kept a difficult relationship alive.
​A Marriage Built on Paper
Edited by F Gillard
ISBN-13-9880770074082 276 pages Perfect Bound paperback
Published 14th May 2013
A Marriage Built on Paper is the second volume of 10 years of love letters written by my parents before my birth and found after they died. Separated for months on end, their letters were the only way of maintaining a relationship through times of joy and grief.
Sometimes gossipy, sometimes passionate, sometimes full of practicalities, always intense, this book follows the next stage of the young couple's fortunes in post Second World War Britain and pre-independence Sudan. They offer a glimpse of a world now gone, and an insight into preoccupations of that era. Despite the tragedies that befall them and their fundamental differences, these letters show their continuing devotion to each other. They bravely struggle to retain their optimism for the future, as they face the challenges of personal loss and the changes in the wider world.