Private Lives [Paperback]

Simon Marshland (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 12, 2009

About this book One man three lives two wars and a terrorist plot spread over three centuries. New York industrialist Charlie Parker tries to dismiss flashbacks to his earlier lives as a rifleman in the Napoleonic wars and a RAF pilot in the 1940 Battle of Britain as mental aberrations. Right now he needs to concentrate on why his youngest daughter has been abducted by Al-Qa'ida terrorists. She was kidnapped a few weeks before the family Trust Company is holding its Centenary Celebration at Carnegie Hall. There has to be a link but so far the security forces have been unable to come up with an answer. But no-matter how he tries to ignore them the flashbacks increase in intensity until he finds himself living past and present almost simultaneously. Determined to discover once and for all if any proof exists that might verify these aberrations, he flies to England to explore the area where the last life took place.

Product Details

• Paperback: 230 pages
• Publisher: Pneuma Springs Publishing (March 12, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1905809522
• ISBN-13: 978-1905809523
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,465,269 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Rolling stone with most of my life spent on the move, living and working in places diverse as East Africa to South America. More recent activities have been based around the Mediterranean ranging from yacht chartering in Greece to fish farming in France. Currently I live in the West Country but admit to itchy feet. But wherever I've been or wherever I am I always write. It has become a habit I find impossible to kick.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Private Lives, March 2, 2010

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Marie B. Pinschmidt (Palm Beach Gardens, Fl.) - See all my reviews
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I enjoyed Private Lives very much. It couldn't have been easy to formulate the unusual plot (the living of more than one life) but the author handled it well. I enjoyed his descriptive "sense of place" throughout the book. He also managed to include a touching love story. My only disappointment was that it ended too abruptly; however, the epilogue left me feeling happy and hopeful. Private Lives is a great read and totally believable - at least to me. Marie Pinschmidt, artist and author.

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5.0 out of 5 stars One life may not be enough., January 14, 2010

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Steven Knight - See all my reviews
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Charlie Parker, Billy Kite and James Pewsey share more then a secret - they share the same fate.

Full of turmoil and massive confusion, Charlie attempts to deal with the death of the woman he adored and missing child. In a state of grief, he battles with his emotions while the FBI search endlessly for his kidnapped daughter. Reality mixes with improbabilities, and yet it is imperative for him to decipher right from wrong, especially when Billy Kite and James Pewsey come calling. Now it seems the truth is blurred with imagination, but he knows that neither truth nor honesty will save his child. An obsessive reality his daughter must be found is the only thing that matters.

Charlie comes from a humble middle class family. His mentor and friend while growing up is his grandpa, whom shares a lifetime of wisdom--engraved knowledge that Charlie later in life, puts into practice.

Charlie has an adventurous journey as a bachelor. He loves his single lifestyle, until one day, with just one look, his life changes forever--he falls madly in love with a beautiful young woman who shortly after becomes his wife. The tailspin affect she has on him doesn't stop with just adoring love but through her family name changes his career and financial state forever as he soon discovers she is both gorgeous and extremely wealthy.

Together, they journey through life, but not without the unexpected times that his two friends try to take over.

"Private Lives" delivers the full range of emotions. The reader will find themselves laughing one minute and crying the next--and be ready to fight soon after. The author, Simon Marshland displays a great command of pace and character development throughout the story. Marshland entwines the multiple characters
with fascinating plots and detailed settings into a symphony that the reader will cherish. The British twist on word usage only adds to the flavor of this riveting story.

I highly recommend this intriguing tale of Charlie Parker for those who enjoy a roller coaster ride of emotions on every page. "Private Lives" is a book to keep on your shelf as you will want to read it over and over again. "Pirate Lives" is one of those novels that will surely show you something new each time you read it...and you will want to read it more then once.