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A sequel to If I Only Had a Heart (October 2016; ISBN
978-177140-035-0), once again featuring Dorothy, the Tin Man and
the rest of the gang at the "Over the Rainbow" Bridge Club. Some of
these stories have appeared in Bridge magazine, and in Australian
Bridge, but all are collected here in book form for the first time.
Bill Buttle's illustrations add to the fun.
Since newspapers began it has been found that crime stories sell
copies. People can be fascinated, horrified or simply entertained
by the scandals and wrong-doings of their fellows. This book
gathers together a selection of stories which span the period 1801
to 1900. With a few digressions, they relate to the people and
places of Linlithgowshire, the administrative area of the time
which roughly corresponds to today's West Lothian. As well as the
human interest in the people, and the crimes which they may, or may
not, have committed, these stories offer a window into everyday
life in a period when Linlithgowshire, along with the rest of
Britain, was being transformed in many ways.
Who lived in Linlithgow in 1851? What did they do? Where did they
come from? Linlithgow is a traditional burgh in central Scotland.
This book traces the people of the town from the end of the
Eighteenth Century through to 1851. That year saw the most detailed
census to that date. Interwoven with information from other
contemporary sources, this reveals a wealth of detail about the
residents and their way of life.
Fictional bridge clubs, from Victor Mollo's Menagerie to the monks
of David Bird's St. Titus Abbey, are familiar backdrops for bridge
writers. Perhaps therefore it is surprising that no one has gone
'over the rainbow' before. It's not a surprise, though, to find
that everyone in Oz is a keen bridge player, even the Scarecrow and
the Tin Man. The Lion is as cowardly a player as you would expect,
and the witches of all flavours are deliciously wicked. The Wizard
himself, of course, is a visitor from Down Under...Some of these
stories have previously appeared in Bridge magazine, and in
Australian Bridge, but all are collected here in book form for the
first time. Bill Buttle's cartoon illustrations add to the fun.
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