Product Description
When Ted asked Brenda to marry him during his Christmas 1939 leave he had no way of knowing how long it would be before the wedding would actually take place. Sent to France as part of Calais Force Ted endures some of the heaviest fighting of the war before finally being taken prisoner. But that is just the beginning of his ordeal as the Germans force march them across Europe with little food and water, casual brutality never far from the surface.
Meanwhile Brenda, a nurse in London, has no idea Ted has even left the country until she begins treating wounded wearing the same regimental insignia as Ted. Frantic with worry she has no way of knowing if he has survived the heroic last stand in Calais.
Marcel’s world is turned upside down when his mother urges him to escape to England. Joining the growing numbers of refugees fleeing to the channel coasts he narrowly misses being strafed by the Stukas of the advancing Germans. But this close shave changes his life in more ways than he could have imagined.
The paths of these three people are united by war and their lives will never be the same again.
The Cat & The Nightingale Saga is the docu-drama version of ‘The Weekend Trippers’, the true story of Rifleman Ted Taylor’s war published by Bank House Books. Written in several volumes The Cat & The Nightingale Saga is based on the diaries and conversations of both Ted and his fiancee Brenda, and continues throughout the war.
‘A Week in May 1940’ is the first book in the saga.
Meanwhile Brenda, a nurse in London, has no idea Ted has even left the country until she begins treating wounded wearing the same regimental insignia as Ted. Frantic with worry she has no way of knowing if he has survived the heroic last stand in Calais.
Marcel’s world is turned upside down when his mother urges him to escape to England. Joining the growing numbers of refugees fleeing to the channel coasts he narrowly misses being strafed by the Stukas of the advancing Germans. But this close shave changes his life in more ways than he could have imagined.
The paths of these three people are united by war and their lives will never be the same again.
The Cat & The Nightingale Saga is the docu-drama version of ‘The Weekend Trippers’, the true story of Rifleman Ted Taylor’s war published by Bank House Books. Written in several volumes The Cat & The Nightingale Saga is based on the diaries and conversations of both Ted and his fiancee Brenda, and continues throughout the war.
‘A Week in May 1940’ is the first book in the saga.
About the Author
Carole McEntee-Taylor works in the Military Corrective Training Centre, the UK Forces only remaining detention centre and is currently writing a book about its history. She is also the author of The Weekend Trippers and A Second in Time. Carole lives in Essex with her husband David, ex Royal Green Jacket (KRRC) and TA 71 Yeomanry Signals Regt (V) and a rather ancient and slightly deaf Border Collie called Reubin.
