Rosemary Aitken, die unter dem Pseudonym Rosemary Rowe schreibt, verbindet meisterhaft historische Stoffe mit fesselnden Kriminalgeschichten. Ihre Detektivreihe, die in der römischen Stadt Glevum angesiedelt ist, präsentiert die ungewöhnliche Figur des Libertus, eines Mosaikleger, dessen Fachkenntnisse in Mosaikmustern sich geschickt in seiner Fähigkeit widerspiegeln, knifflige Verbrechen zu lösen. Dieser Ansatz unterstreicht ihre Faszination für die Schnittstelle von Kunst, Geschichte und Deduktion. Neben ihren Krimis widmet sich Aitken auch der historischen Fiktion und erschafft Erzählungen in einem fiktiven kornischen Dorf, die den Lesern tiefgehende Einblicke in die Vergangenheit gewähren.
Lizzie Treloweth is one of ten children. With the outbreak of World War I, their father enlists and the family struggle to run his butcher's shop in Penzance. Lizzie trains as a nurse under Tamsin Beswetherick, daughter of the local gentry, and their friendship with the four Jago brothers develops.
Carie Tremble leaves here beloved Terrase in Penvaris to go to Penzance and go into service. Despite fitting in with this unfamiliar way of life, she long to go backk to Penvaris. The onset of War rocks the comminty, but is this Carrie's chance to escape bak to Penvaris?
When Katie Waren's mother dies in childbirth Katie is forced to abandon her dreams of working as a pupil-teacher. Instead she goes into service at the big house with her sister, Fanny. Soon, and against her will, she finds herself growing fond of the shy but kind son of the house, George Trevarnon. But the intervention of George's unscrupulous brother leads to the sisters' dismissal and Katie and George are separated -Katie to struggle for a living in the alien city of Truro, and George, to bury his emotions in the dangers and devastations of the Boer War. When the two meet again, each is married to another but fate contrives to bring them together again -in the deceptive peace of an Edwardian summer...
A comprehensive analysis of form and function, with suggestions for presentation and practice of structures in context and a review of common learner errors for each tense. Contains photocopiable material