Showing results for "George Michael" in World

In the captivating final volume of ‘St. George and St. Michael,’ we witness the intertwining fates of a young couple caught in the turmoil of the English Civil Wars. Set against a backdrop of rising tensions between king and parliament, as well as the Church of England and the fervent puritans, this historical romance unfolds with a sense of urgency. Seventeen-year-old Dorothy Vaughan, unaware of the brewing conflict, feels her loyalty firmly lie with her king and her country. When she challenges her childhood friend Richard Heywood to prove himself worthy of her love by engaging in the ...

‘St. George and St. Michael’ unfolds a captivating historical romance set against the backdrop of the English Civil Wars, where a young couple finds their loyalties tested. As tensions escalate between the king and parliament, and the Church of England clashes with independent puritans, seventeen-year-old Dorothy Vaughan remains blissfully unaware of the impending conflict. She believes her loyalty belongs to her king and her nation. When she challenges her childhood friend, Richard Heywood, to prove his worthiness for her hand in marriage by engaging in the larger political tumult, he ...

'I was anxious to fight. Hitler was the bastard who had started all this and he needed sorting out. We were under threat. Everything we stood for: our country, our families and our way of life was being attacked by this maniac. He could not be allowed to win. So for me and many, many others like me, there was no alternative. We were in a pickle and something had to be done.’ Johnny Johnson is 92 years old and one of very few men who can recall first-hand the most daring and ingenious air raid of all time.