Last Things (50 page)

ROSE–SIMPSON
On November 12, 1964, in London, Sir Hector Rose, GCB, KBE, to Jane Barbara Simpson.

OSBALDISTON-HARDISTY
On December 6, 1965, Sir Douglas Osbaldiston, KCB, to Stella Hardisty, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Hardisty, 526 Upper Richmond Road, Putney.

MRS PENELOPE ALTSCHULER to wed DR HIMMELFARB
[5]
Mrs Penelope Altschuler, daughter of Lord and Lady Getliffe, of Cambridge (England), announces her engagement to Dr David Ascoli Himmelfarb, son of Dr Isaac Himmelfarb and the late Rachael Himmelfarb, of Cleveland, Ohio. Both Mrs Altschuler and Dr Himmelfarb have had previous marriages.

ELIOT–SHAW
On January 4, 1967, quietly, Pat Eliot to Victoria Shaw.

HOLLIS-DOBSON
[6]
In London, at St Mary-the-Virgin, Bayswater, Maurice Austin Hollis, to Diana, daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Dobson, of 16 Inkerman Road, Salford.

GETLIFFE-MACDONELL
On February 17, 1968, in Trinity College Chapel, Professor the Hon. Leonard Horace Getliffe, FRS, elder son of Professor Lord Getliffe, FRS, and Lady Getliffe, and Pauline, daughter of Professor and Mrs Macdonell, of 66 Madingly Road, Cambridge.

MR G S F GRESHAM and MISS N R ELIOT
[7]
The engagement is announced between Guy Stephen Falconbridge Gresham, only son of Colonel and Mrs Stephen Gresham, of Whissentdine Hall, Rutland, and 29 Halkin Street, and Nina Rosemary Eliot, daughter of Dr and Mrs Martin Eliot, The Tutor’s House, — College, Cambridge.

MANSEL–MARCH
On July 7, 1968, at St Cuthbert’s, Philbeach Gardens, Laurence Massinger Mansel, son of Mr Christopher Mansel, FRCS, and the late Mrs Mansel, of 16 Poulton Square, Chelsea, and Vera March, elder daughter of Dr and Mrs Charles March, of 27 Warwick Gardens, Kensington.

BIRTHS

ELIOT
On January 28, 1965, at 81 Eaton Square, to Muriel (née Calvert) and Lewis Gregory (Pat) Eliot – a son (Roy Joseph).

GAY
On November 17, 1965, at Bury St Edmunds General Hospital, to Joyce (née Crawford) and George Harvey Laurence Gay – a son
[8]
(Harold Harvey Laurence).

INCE
On June 20, 1966, at the London Clinic, to Marcena Prescott (née Johnson) and Percival Lester Ince – twin daughters (Cynthia and Valentine).

OSBALDISTON
On June 26, 1966, at St Mary Abbots Hospital, to Stella (née Hardisty) and Douglas Osbaldiston – a son (Edward Bartholomew Maynard).

HOLLIS
On July 6, 1968, to Diana (née Dobson) and Maurice Austin Hollis – a daughter (Freda Elizabeth).

[1]
Local paper.

[2]
Translated from Viborg local paper: the only mention of George Passant’s death.

[3]
Time
Magazine.

[4]
New York Times
, June 7, 1966

[5]
Local paper

[6]
The Times
of 29, 1968

[7]
Local paper

[8]
The great-grandson of M H L Gay

Series in broad chronological ‘story’ order (see Synopses below for ‘Series order’)

Dates given refer to first publication dates

These titles can be read as a series, or randomly as stand-alone novels

Published by House of Stratus

George Passant In the first of the Strangers and Brothers series Lewis Eliot tells the story of George Passant, a Midland solicitor’s managing clerk and idealist who tries to bring freedom to a group of people in the years 1925 to 1933.

The Light & The Dark The Light and the Dark is the second in the Strangers and Brothers series. The story is set in Cambridge, but the plot also moves to Monte Carlo, Berlin and Switzerland. Lewis Eliot narrates the career of a childhood friend. Roy Calvert is a brilliant but controversial linguist who is about to be elected to a fellowship.

Time of Hope The third in the Strangers and Brothers series (although the first in chronological order) and tells the story of Lewis Eliot’s early life. As a child he is faced with his father’s bankruptcy. As a young man, he finds his career at the Bar hindered by a neurotic wife. Separation from her is impossible however.

The Masters The fourth in the Strangers and Brothers series begins with the dying Master of a Cambridge college. His imminent demise causes intense rivalry and jealousy amongst the other fellows. Former friends become enemies as the election looms.

The New Men It is the onset of World War II in the fifth in the Strangers and Brothers series. A group of Cambridge scientists are working on atomic fission. But there are consequences for the men who are affected by it. Hiroshima also causes mixed personal reactions.

Homecomings Homecomings is the sixth in the Strangers and Brothers series and sequel to Time of Hope. This complete story in its own right follows Lewis Eliot’s life through World War II. After his first wife’s death his work at the Ministry assumes a larger role. It is not until his second marriage that Eliot is able to commit himself emotionally.

The Conscience of the Rich Seventh in the Strangers and Brothers series, this is a novel of conflict exploring the world of the great Anglo-Jewish banking families between the two World Wars. Charles March is heir to one of these families and is beginning to make a name for himself at the Bar. When he wishes to change his way of life and do something useful he is forced into a quarrel with his father, his family and his religion.