Sufferance

By: Nicholas E Watkins

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Based on a true story. It’s the 1890s and Victoria is on the throne. Industrialisation is sweeping the Country and Britain is building its Empire. Life is harsh and poverty rampant. Sufferance follows the lives of two young girls Mary and Mabel and two brothers, Arthur and Edward through these turbulent times. Living in the West Country in the village of Chipping Sodbury life seems unchanging but the work house, war and destitution are only a step away. The book opens with excitement, in the small English village of Chipping Sodbury village at the imminent arrival of Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show but life is about to change for ever. The dreaded Spike, the poor house, run by a ruthless couple, beckons as does the Boer War. The saga continues as we follow the family to Flanders Field and the Great War, through to the Second World War. From the Nazi occupation of Europe and the horror of the concentration camps to D Day they struggle for survival. A tense emotionally draining drama unfolds that will keep the reader turning the pages.