I am the author of The Weekend Trippers, originally published by Bank House Books in October 2011. I have now republished it myself and all the author royalties will go the Rifles Benevolent Trust. The Weekend Trippers is the true story of my father-in-law, Ted Taylor, and his part in the Rifle Brigade's last stand in Calais in May 1940.

Whilst writing The Weekend Trippers I began writing a docu-drama based on the diaries of both Ted and his fiancee Brenda. While Ted languished in various POW camps in Poland Brenda waited for him, surviving the Blitz and working as a nurse in London. Called The Cat & The Nightingale Saga, these are in several volumes and also available in print.

I have also written another novel called A Second in Time based on the strange disappearance of 30,000 POWs at the end of World War 2.

I have wide ranging interests and together with my husband David I have also written two spiritual books, The Re-Enlightenment and Holiday from Hell which are available on Amazon.

I live in Essex with my husband David and a rather ancient, slightly deaf, Border Collie called Reubin. I work at the Military Corrective Training Centre in Colchester, the UK Forces only remaining detention centre and I am currently writing a book about its history. I have also written some housing guides for those leaving HM Forces. For more information please visit www.carolemctbooks.info

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• The Weekend Trippers
• Homelessness Sunday
• A Second In Time
• Does fiction have a role to play in educating people about historical events?
• The Defence of Calais May 1940 Part 4

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