A Potent brew Of Drama, Comedy and Romance.
Inspired by true events, this is the story of a West Country Brewery, barely surviving at the end of the Second World War, and a young Brewer, dedicated to resurrecting its reputation for producing top quality beer.
Basil Porter, a newly demobbed Intelligence Officer, is taken on as Head brewer of Holt Bros. Ltd. in the small seaside town of Burnham-On-Sea, Somerset.
His Challenge is to oversee the restoration of the Brewery.
However, a powerful adversary has a very different agenda, and is determined that he will not succeed. A Conflict interest develops between a traditional way of life, at the heart of the community, and the remorseless march of corporate greed.
Besides our main protagonists, a whole host of endearing, comic and eccentric characters flavour to the mix.
Language
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
ISBN-13
978-969-9893-61-2 (9789699893612)
Schweitzer Classification
From early childhood, Mary has been absorbed in creating art in different mediums, and writing both poetry and prose.Following a career as a NHS Occupational Therapist, Mary retired in 2004 and left England, to live in Portugal, allowing her more time to develop artistic projects.As a Sculptor in clay, stone and wood, Mary has exhibited in various galleries and venues in Portugal.Her bas relief sculpture, RESURRECTION, is installed in Nossa Senhora Da Luz Church in the Algarve, a great honour for a non-Portuguese artist.Three years ago, Mary moved to the Andalusia region of Spain, and is working with a new medium, up-cycled fabrics and wool, to make tapestries inspired by the beauty of the local landscape.
