Goe yee, enquire of the Lord for me, and for the people, and for all Iudah, concerning the wordes of this booke that is found: for great is the wrath of the Lord that is kindled against vs, because our fathers haue not hearkened vnto the woordes of this booke, to doe according vnto all that which is written concerning vs. (II Kings 22:13) KJV
Acknowledgments
Many people helped in the writing of this novel but most of all I would like to thank my husband Steve for his unflagging faith and enthusiasm, Deborah Frith and Robin Wade for their encouragement and feedback, Jessica Gardner for her thoughtful edits, and last but not least, Dr Louise Pryke for her wise and patient advice, and for the sweet counsel of her friendship.
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Further Reading
I read countless books in the writing of this novel but I have listed below the ones I found most useful.
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Bobrick, Benson, The Making of the English Bible, London 2001.
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Bragg, Melvyn, The Book of Books – The Radical Impact of the King James Bible 1611-2011, London 2011.
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Brown, John, The English Puritans, Cambridge 1910.
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Chapman, Mark, Anglicanism – A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2006.
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Cheetham, Keith, J., On the Trail of the Pilgrim Fathers, London 2001.
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Culpepper, Scott, Francis Johnson and the English Separatist Influence. Macon 2011.
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Evans, G.R., The Language and Logic of the the Bible – The Road to Reformation, Cambridge 1985.
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Goldingay, John, Numbers and Deuteronomy for Everyone, Louisville 2010.
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Higham, Florence, Lancelot Andrewes. London 1952.
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Marsh, Christopher, Popular Religion in Sixteenth Century England, London 1998.
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McGrath, Alister, In the Beginning. London, 2001.
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New, John, F.H., Anglican and Puritan – The Basis of Their Opposition, 1558-1640, London 1964.
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Nicolson, Adam, God’s Secretaries – The Making of the King James Bible. London 2003.
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Norton, David, The King James Bible – A Short History from Tyndale to Today. Cambridge 2011.
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Opfell, Olga. S., The King James Bible Translators. Jefferson, 1982.
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Scorgie, Glen, G., Strauss, Mark, L., Voth, Steven, M., The Challenge of Bible Translation. Michigan 2003.
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Wilson, Derek, The People’s Bible – The Remarkable History of the King James Version, Oxford 2010.
About the Author
Historical fiction author Samantha Grosser has an Honours Degree in English Literature and spent many years teaching English both in Asia and Australia. Now, combining a lifelong love of history with a compulsion to write that dates from childhood, Samantha is bringing her passion for telling compelling stories to the world.
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She is the author of wartime dramas Another Time and Place and The Officer’s Affair. The King James Men is her third novel.
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THE OFFICER’S AFFAIR
When soldier Danny Lock returns from the battlefields of Europe, he has changed beyond all recognition. As his young wife Rachel struggles to restore their ailing marriage, she is faced with unexpected temptation when Danny’s commanding officer, Kit Andrews, comes to visit.
The tension between the two men, however, seems to stem from an earlier time. What happened in Italy to make Danny so hostile to an officer he once trusted and admired? And why has Andrews come to visit him in the face of it?
As Rachel struggles to shake off the ghosts of the war, she is torn between her loyalties to an empty marriage and her deepest desires. Only one can prevail in this heart-wrenching novel, which delves into the devastating legacy of the Second World War.
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Another Time and Place
ENGLAND, 1944. A chance meeting changes two people’s lives for ever.
Young American pilot Tom Blake isn’t looking for love, but seeing Anna Pilgrim in a tearoom on a cold winter afternoon changes everything. So begins a passionate affair.
Their happiness does not last. Shot down over Europe, wounded, in hiding, Tom has no way of telling Anna he is alive. And Anna, left waiting in England, has no way of finding out. How can she know that Tom is struggling to return to her? Or that the thought of her is all that keeps him going on the long journey home?
Set vividly against the hardship of the Second World War, Another Time and Place is at once a compelling love story, an enthralling adventure and a moving depiction of the resilience of the human spirit.
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