Challerton

by Mark Fleming

The mysterious discovery of an old nightdress, entombed within the wall of a dilapidated country house in Hampshire, opens up a fascinating new world for Anne Kindersley. Through a doorway from her bedroom, she discovers the house in a more glorious age - 100 hundred years earlier, to the day. There, she befriends Lydia, the daughter of the house and is introduced to the old ways of life, whilst introducing the beautiful and innocent Edwardian girl to the language, attitudes and confectionery of Lydia's modern world.Their unusual and secret friendship may prove short-lived however, for Lydia and her family are soon to journey to New York. They are to travel on the ship that is the talk of the age. They have their berth booked on the Titanic.Anne realises she must stop the family from travelling. In doing so, she changes forever the destiny of the house and so too her own history, with profound and terrible consequences for her family..."Touching and beautiful" "Haunting" "One of the best time-slip stories I have ever read"

Genres: Time Travel

Kindle Edition

First published February 1, 2012

About the author

Mark Fleming grew up in Southport, in the Northwest of England, before moving to London in the mid 1980s to work in the film industry. He worked for Rank Films, working on the release of films including Platoon, Robocop, A Chorus Line, The Name of the Rose, and many others.
In 1988 he changed direction, leaving editing to become a visual effects designer / model maker at Shepperton Film Studios, working on films including Batman, Prince of Thieves and Judge Dredd. He directed and produced briefly before moving away from London in the early 2000s.

Mark published his first book, Firework Art (a beautiful picture book exploring the evocative artwork of British fireworks) in 2005. He published his first novel, Challerton, in 2012, and his second, The Call of the Siren, in October 2013.

FIRE Fascination, Firework and Festival (released June 2013) sees Mark revisit the fireworks theme, with a look at how an ancient autumn fire festival has evolved from its pagan origins to become our modern Hallowe'en and Bonfire Night celebration. Released first as a free pdf e-book, FIRE is a stunning and visual journey through one of Britain's most evocative and lasting traditions.

He has two completed books awaiting publication, The Dew Pond and The Making of...(Street Cleaners) and is currently completing The Ribbon and the Hawk

Reviews

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rating: 9.0/10.0

Review: Author Mark Fleming wrote a exquisite piece of work. I loved the way the story unfolded from beginning to end. Bringing a historical event like the Titanic into a piece of time traveling fiction was a brilliant idea, and one that worked out very well. The characters had depth, and you knew from soon after the beginning of the book that Anne was in a world of trouble as soon as she finds out she has to stop her friends from living out the Titanic tragedy. I'd recommend this book to any Titanic fan, Time travel fan, or contemporary fiction fan.

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[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh. It was just okay. Don't understand the 5 star reviews. Too many editing issues, even if the story was phenomenal. Development of the characters too rushed. It was too short a story to deal with the implications of messing with history. Time travel is tricky. **mild spoiler**If her parents weren't born, how then was she?

[ABCme · Rating 5 out of 5]

Time travel with a twist. Great reading, couldn't put it down.