Appointment With Venus
Jerrard Tickell author Edward Bawden illustrator Rosa Rankin-Gee editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Manderley Press Ltd
Published:29th Jul '22
Should be back in stock very soon
It is 1940. The world is at war, and all that stands between England and Nazi-occupied Europe is the tiny (fictitious) Channel Island of Armorel - controlled by German soldiers but home to loyal villagers, a pacifist painter ... and a pedigree Guernsey cow named Venus.
A plot is hatched by the War Office in London to liberate Venus - and so this intrepid adventure begins, combining romantic young love and patriotic heroism with submarine missions, enemy action, wartime tragedy and cow-napping.
Jerrard Tickell penned this book while lodging in Le Manoir on Sark - a grand old house that was once home to the island's feudal Seigneurs, and which also served as German Headquarters during the occupation.
Appointment with Venus was thus inspired by Sark's real-life history; after hearing about the evacuation of cattle from the Channel Islands during the Second World War, Tickell's re-telling of the story was enormously successful, both as this bestselling novel and as the acclaimed film of the same name, starring David Niven and Glynis Johns.
A brand new edition of the classic wartime adventure by Jerrard Tickell. First published in 1951 and now re-issued by Manderley Press, with an introduction by Rosa Rankin-Gee (author of 'The Last Kings of Sark' and 'Dreamland'), and a front cover featuring a wallpaper design by renowned English designer Edward Bawden.
"What a treasure! What a find! Like an especially beautiful time-travel device, Appointment with Venus took me back to the Channel Islands during World War II, where I revelled in every character (even the bovine ones) and every twist of fate that befell them.":
- Annie Barrows, co-author of the bestselling novel (and film) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“Appointment with Venus is one of best books written to show what might have happened if Britain had been occupied, as much for what is glossed over and romanticised as included. I strongly recommend a read.”
- Anne Sebba, New York Times best-selling author of Les Parisiennes, Ethel Rosenberg, That Woman, and many more besides
"I can honestly say that I ADORED Appointment with Venus. This is my new absolute favourite book! I know that I will read it many times as a treat to myself and intend buying copies for family members for birthdays as I believe they will all love it.; Appointment with Venus is a treat that everyone deserves to enjoy."
- Deborah Carr, bestselling author of historical fiction set in the Channel Islands, including The Beekeeper's Daughter
"A brand new edition of this, in the words of the publisher, 'bonkers but brilliant' classic wartime adventure novel set on the fictitious Channel Island of Armorel during the German occupation. I don't want to spoil the plot but it bears mentioning - and will not let the cat out of the bag for anyone who has not seen the film version of the tale starring David Niven and Glynis Johns - that the Venus mentioned in the title is, in fact, a pedigree Guernsey cow.":
- The Countryman Book Review, July 2022
ISBN: 9781919642123
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