R Holmes

Mayor Eats Oats and Foes Meet Ghosts: a Historical Fantasy Comedy R Holmes

Publisher Marketing: The place is Northern England. The year is 118 AD. Late September. That time of year when you're not sure whether to put your coat on to go outside. A Norse army lands, intent on conquering. So you're best advised to stay indoors, thereby avoiding the whole tricky coat question altogether. The sozzled Roman governor of Britannia, Quintus Domenicus Pompo, orders the Sixth Legion to repel the invaders but, at the eleventh hour, an enigmatic druid brokers an unlikely truce. The conditions of the truce remain unbroken down through the centuries until the outgoing mayor of the Normandy village of St Claude-les-Vignes announces a competition to find his replacement - thereby stymieing arrogant wine producer Henri de la Biere, who thought he was a dead cert for the post. It becomes clear that there is far more at stake than just the position of mayor. What is the significance of the Latin text referring to the Yorkshire village of Wimpledown Manor, found by archaeologists at Hadrian's Wall? What really happened to Henri's Scottish father, Hamish? Who is the black knight and whose side is he really on? Why is Cerise de la Biere's psychiatrist still practising, despite being well over one hundred years of age? Will the sexually frustrated Jebut ever get his hands on Yvette or will her friendship with Alain Peluche develop into something more? And just how dangerous is Henri's pet cockerel, Percy? More hilarious than 1984 ... more erotic than Great Expectations ... spookier than Swallows And Amazons. This book dares to question orthodox thinking on how druids, cockerels and wine interact."