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The Cathedral Cat

Enter the mysterious and fantastic world of a cathedral at night. Oswald is the Gloucester Cathedral's cat. He sings in the choir and roams all over the cathedral and is loved by all who meet him. One dark autumn night, Oswald enters the cathedral by his secret entrance to find a strange blue glow in the dark by the tomb of King Edward II who was buried there in 1327. Or was he? According to traditional history, King Edward II was murdered by his enemies at Berkeley Castle, twenty miles away. Oswald asks his friend, Gideon, the mouse, what the blue glow is. He soon learns that it is the ghost of the unhappy king. Oswald gradually makes friends with the ghost and learns the true story of the king and what really happened that September night in 1327 at Berkeley. It is a magical tale of a ghost with a story to tell, a story of friendship and love and of a truth never before told.

Robin Darkmere

Robin Darkmere was born in 1966 and has for the most part of his life been fascinated by the life and times of King Edward II. He spent twenty-eight years in the NHS in various clinical roles and served as an officer in Gloucestershire Special Constabulary before retiring. As well as writing, he enjoys photography and watercolour painting. He lives in Gloucestershire with his wife of thirty years and their four cats.

Austin Macauley Publishers