Allan Marriott 1944-2016

Allan’s family are very sad to be letting you, his readers, know that their much admired and cherished husband, brother, uncle, great uncle, cousin and good friend died in Auckland on Christmas Day 2016 as a result of a brain tumour. He died gently in the arms of Gay, his deeply loved wife and life’s partner of […]

100th Anniversary of Somme, Messines and Passchendaele

[av_dropcap1]T[/av_dropcap1]he 100th anniversary of battles at the Somme, Messines and Passchendaele will be acknowledged during 2016 and 2017. Mud Beneath My Boots covers these events in WWI. Although sold out in print form it will be available as an e-book for your Kindle or Apple device in 2015. If you leave an email address I […]

Meeting the Auckland Polish Association

While attending the commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Passchendaele, Gay and I travelled to Poland. I had already begun writing an early draft and this visit gave me an excellent opportunity to absorb more of what I eventually brought into this story. This is a New Zealand/Polish story. Members of the […]

A Bridge Over: The Story of John Masters

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Mud Beneath My Boots

[av_heading tag=’h2′ padding=’10’ heading=’Mud Beneath My Boots – The effects of War on a Young New Zealand Soldier’ color=” style=’blockquote modern-quote’ custom_font=” size=” subheading_active=’subheading_below’ subheading_size=’15’ custom_class=” admin_preview_bg=” av-desktop-hide=” av-medium-hide=” av-small-hide=” av-mini-hide=” av-medium-font-size-title=” av-small-font-size-title=” av-mini-font-size-title=” av-medium-font-size=” av-small-font-size=” av-mini-font-size=”] A poignant memoir of the effects of World War on a young New Zealander. Fit to rank alongside […]

The Witzke Woman

Witzke Woman

[av_notification title=” color=’blue’ border=” custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ size=’normal’ icon_select=’no’ icon=’ue81f’ font=’entypo-fontello’ admin_preview_bg=”] The last copies of The Witzke Woman are available at Scorpio Books in Christchurch. For more details click on the ‘Buy my books’ link in the menu above. [/av_notification] [av_notification title=” color=’grey’ border=’solid’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ size=’normal’ icon_select=’no’ icon=’ue84f’ font=’entypo-fontello’ admin_preview_bg=”] Mike Crean, The Press, […]