Gallery Beggar Britain, 2014, 619 pp Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, S. Staffordshire, UK Simon [Peter] Gough (1942-2018), a distinguished actor, was the son of famous actors Francis Michael Gough (1916-2011) – usually known as just Michael Gough – and his first wife, Diana Graves (1915-75), who married in 1937. […]
Infinity Wanders (Amazon), 2nd ed. 2023, paperback, 138 pp Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, S. Staffordshire, UK In 2020 I detailed the Gough family of St Briavels, Gloucestershire, supposed descendants of Sir Matthew Gough, who married into the influential Warren family1. In this short book, Jon Davies gives us a […]
a Gull Pond Book, 2010, 212 pp Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, S. Staffordshire, UK The author, who also wrote Maud’s House, David Blackwood: Master Printer and Chips and Gravy, is from Elliston – formerly Bird Island Cove – in Newfoundland. The book, which is in the form of a […]
Penguin Random House UK, 2019 Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, S. Staffordshire, UK The author is neither the Phillip Goff of GGFA fame nor the Mayor of Auckland. It is Philip Goff, son of Marie and Tony Goff, who is a British philosopher and Associate Professor at Durham University, UK.1 […]
Hutchison Heinemann, London, 2022, pp 463 Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, South Staffordshire, UK There is a certain irony that this novel dealing with the aftermath of the execution of Charles I was released on 1 September, shortly before the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the accession of Charles […]
Hamish Hamilton London, 1979 Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, South Staffordshire, UK The current war in Ukraine, following the annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia, is an unwelcome reminder that such places of strategic military interest have always been in the firing line. Lt. Gen. Sir Somerset John Gough […]
Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, S. Staffordshire, UK Annabel Davis-Goff (19 Feb 1942) is the daughter of Sir Ernest William Davis-Goff (1904-80), 3rd Baronet of Glenville, Waterford, and Horetown, Wexford. This charming autobiographical account, which is something of a classic in Goff history, describes her childhood living with landed gentry […]
Reviewed by Norman E. Gough, South Staffordshire, UK Dr Barry Gough, who lives in Victoria, British Colombia, is an eminent historian and the author of many critically-acclaimed books, mostly with a maritime theme related to history of the northwest coast of America. This one, with the sub-title The Collision of […]