Bøker av Mark Batey

JOIN THE CRUSADE! Josephine Butler... one of the world's most influential social reformers... but chances are, you've never heard of her. Welcome to Victorian Britain. Meet Josey, a Northumbrian lass, blissfully married to George, a brilliant teacher. When a shocking tragedy shatters their family life, she transforms herself into a tireless champion of women's rights. The crusade takes her into every corner of Britain and exposes a harrowing underworld in the great capitals of Europe too. What is the crusade's aim, and what gruesome trials and tribulations must Josephine endure in its pursuit? Discover Josephine's opponents and allies, why she never gives up, and how her legacy continues more than a century later to shape today's world. This new dramatisation of her amazing true story is not for the squeamish or faint-hearted.

ENTER THE SHIPS' GRAVEYARD. A watchful Northumbrian family, devoted to duty in the lighthouse on the treacherous Farne Islands. A vicious North Sea storm, during which a consummate ship's captain makes a fatal error of navigation. A daring rescue of shipwreck survivors, spurring an unwanted rise to celebrity status. A country in the throes of industrial and social upheaval, while much of today's world takes shape. Welcome to the timeless whole life story of Britain's sea rescue heroine, GRACE DARLING. Set in Victorian Northumberland, with its astounding castles and coastline, this new dramatisation is a fast-moving tale of triumph and tragedy, ordinary people in extraordinary situations, and the birth of an enduring legacy. But who is the mysterious narrator, commenting to readers as the story unfolds?