"THE TRUST" ~ SERIES OF BOOKS

 

The Trust is a series of books which are linked but can be read individually and need not be read in sequence. They sweep across a thousand years of istory carrying a secret which affects both men and Kings. They are full of adventurous men who would stop at nothing to achieve their aims, be that of war, greed or peace. The books are full of historical fgures who may not have been as history has painted them. Where there is treasure and a great secret death, lies intrigue and murder may lurk.

The story takes us from the Mongol encampment of Genghis Khan to medieval England following the journey of an odd company of men with one common aim. A slice of life at the turn of the thirteenth century.

 

Then we move to the Engand of 1647 where it's citizens are not only feeling the ravages and social upheaval of the English Civil War but the Eastern Counties are terrifieds and in the grip of an outbreak of withcraft which led to the persecution and execution of many people. Chief amongst the investigator of cases of suspected witchery was the now infamous Matthew Hopkins, Witchfinder General. What happened in the last year of his lfe and how did he die.......

 

Next we visit the Victorian world of manners, politeness, seances and innovation in the company of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells, two of the most reverred authours in British literary history. They try and unravel a mystery which has crossed the centuries and fallen at their feet. Can they recognse the clues wich come into their posession through a very strange and curious icident. Their jouney leads them from secret societies to stalwarts of Bitiush theatre, taking in scholars and places of learning along the way. When they fnd the mystery of which they seek, what will be revealed to them and what will they do next?

 

Finally we join the aged Cornishman Orlando Porthtowan, a seemingly outrageous raconteur whose stories seem to get larger each time they are re-told to his young friends, Jo Waterbrook and her husband Adam . Orlando is  collector of ephemera and old documents and when  letters written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle come into his posession he tumbles headlong into a treasure hunt reuiring all te guile of his literary hero Sherlock Holmes.