Rebecca was born in Australia and now lives in London with her husband and dogs and any combination of her three children (depending on who has decided to move in this week.) Rebecca spends her non-writing time singing, sailing, swimming or walking the dogs.The rest of the time is spent sorting the family archives finding more inspiration for stories about every day, interesting people.
On the very same day as his brother, Arnold enrolled to serve in WW1. He signed up for the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserves and in April 1915 set sail on HMS India. A few short months later, he found himself floating in the North Sea. This is his story and the story of the men who found themselves interned in Norway for the remainder of the war. It is a story of loneliness and love. Of conflict and of isolation. It is a story from WW1 that is rarely told but one that deserves to be.
Adultery, illegitimacy and loitering at stage doors, the Pearce men found time for more than just shipbuilding and politics. Meet seven women whose lives were changed by the Pearce men. Adelaide, a young woman who found herself in a relationship with an older, wealthier man and being whisked off from Glasgow to London to become his mistress. Elizabeth, a dancer from Austria who finds herself mother to two illegitimate children and whose life meets a tragic end. Gwendoline thinks she has control over the situation with her married lover but ends up with a lot less than she had bargained for.
Maud was making a life for herself on the London stage before she fell in love with a young barrister, who was quick to turn his back on her when his fortune changed. Florrie was the illegitimate daughter of an actress and a violinist, who had little choice but to become an actress herself. Will her dashing, charming baronet give her the life that she desires? Carrie was on the stage by the age of five and, with siblings, became the darlings of Victorian London, but would life as an adult actor be as rewarding as that of a child one, or would Carrie find that a wealthy Baronet offered a better life?
Finally, Lady Dinah Pearce, wife, and mother of two headstrong, flawed men. Could she rise above the failings of the men in her life, remain strong in her Christian beliefs, and have a fulfilling life?
Discover not only the facts but also the fiction of these seven women as their lives are imagined by a twentieth century woman who wanted to give them a chance to tell their stories.
Rebecca Clarke, author of A Bare Chronicle of Existence - Stories and Letters from Internment in Norway during WW1, is very excited to announce the release of the recording of her interview with este ........
In April, I had the opportunity to introduce my book, A Bare Chronicle of Existence, to a new Australian audience. I was thrilled to be invited to give a talk at Martha Point village, and it was rece ........
I was interviewed by Who Do You Think You Are? MagazineI’m excited to share that I’ve been interviewed for the October edition of Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine. The article highlights my research ........
The plight of HMS India is a little told story and when I published A Bare Chronicle of Existence - Stories and Letters from Internment in Norway during WW1,I was keen to find a way to tell the sto ........
I am starting to wonder when I will come to the bottom of the seemingly bottomless collection of documents and photographs from Arnold’s WW1 experience. Being back in Australia again, I have been s ........
Everytime I enter my father-in-law’s house I take the time to look at the two frames on the wall. The first one you pass as you walk from the front door contains a photograph of Wilfred in his WW1 a ........
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