At Death's Door
Book One The Porthole
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The year is 1946, the Second World War hadn't long been over and everyone was trying to get some kind of normality back into their lives. The devastation which war had left including the loss of so many lives was going to be hard especially for those people who had lost loved ones. As they say life goes on and time does eventually heal, unfortunately it comes at high price for some. Jacob Robespeare was affected just as much as anyone else; his wife had been killed along with his 10 year old son in a bomb attack. They had been in London in the thick of it when Hitler had launched his savage and vicious attack. This for all time was to be known as the London Blitz, He had been an out going figure in the local community until then, but now he was a changed person (a broken man )
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A fiction novel based on an inspirational idea and characters, a porthole is found that leads to the same place only 94 years earlier. Jacob Robespeare meets and falls deeply in love with a young woman only to find out that she is his Great Grandfathers mistress. There is a lot more than meets the eye though and Martha has a terrible secret which is to be her downfall for a while at least. Sethtimus is is Jacob's Great Grandfather he's a retired Colonel and also a ruthless man a tyrant infact. Martha is his maid and mistress but he treats her more like a servant. The only real kindness she was ever shown came from Jacob, Ruben is Jacob's oldest and dearest friend he advises Jacob not to go back to the porthole but Jacob ignores his friend's advice and ends up in a world of trouble.
About the Author
John Edwin Reeson was born on July 16th 1952, at Crockey Hill York. He is the youngest of 5 children to the late Mabel and John Wilfred Reeson. John has 4 children, 2 boys Richard and Shane also 2 Girls, Samantha and Natalie. He also has 5 Grandchildren, Louise, Courtney, Bethany, Aimee and Toby Jay. He had a normal Secondary school education and passed no exams, he has had several different types of employment, ranging from Gardener, taxi driver, pig farmer and Truck driver. He has had 48 jobs in the last 42 years. He has been divorced once after 7 ½ years and lived with his next partner for 7 ½ years never married. He spent 11 years looking after 3 of his children single handed. And finally in 2003 he married Marie, who is 31 years his junior. It was just after this he was inspired to write his life story. Which includes several emotional and traumatic events in his life.