Blog 2023 Malcolm Blair-Robinson

  Dr. Rachael Benedict is an American historian and a best-selling author. She has a British connection through her estranged father Saul, an English thriller writer. Saul, whose parents were of Anglo-German origin, has spent much of his life plotting to expose secrets from World War Two, which are so sensitive they have been subject to an extensive cover-up lasting seventy years. As the time approaches for him to make his move to expose duplicity, murder and lies at the heart of the British State, he seeks Rachael’s help. This provokes a killing spree as parts of the security services of both Britain and the United States become engaged in the drama, with one side determined to get the secrets out and the other determined to keep them hidden.
Set equally in the United States and Britain, the narrative grips from the first page, transporting the reader to the heart of government both in Washington and London and on into the darkest corners of the secret states on each side of the Atlantic. Rachael battles forward to unearth the truth both from intrigues of the Nazi era, but also within her own family, surviving three attempts on her life, before finally achieving her goal. Not only does she expose the truth from history and from her own roots, she has to delve deep into her own emotions to find the truth about herself.

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This Blog does not engage in Royal comment, unless the issue is the Constitution. But the historic wedding yesterday deserves just a few words.

It was a ceremony like no other in the history of what I have always thought the rather stodgy but reliable House of Windsor. It was not just that the mixed race, divorced descendant of slaves, an actress and an American, was marrying a Royal prince, a situation unthinkable until quite recently, now even. It was not the culture shock of the barn storming sermon by the African American bishop (did you see their faces!?). Nor was it the tenderness of the love that the couple clearly have for each other. It was because in regal poise, sheer glamour, grace  and empathy Megan Markel, now the Duchess of Sussex, outshines them all.

The people, once again, have their own princess. And that will prove to be a game changer. Just you wait and see.