Full Circle

The Brigandshaw Chronicles #10

by Peter Rimmer

If you hope well in life, everything turns out fine. But hope for Rhodesia is fading…

Granted a Crown Land farm, all Bobby Preston wants is a life of happiness. With a woman by his side. His estate to flourish. A family. With that, he proposes marriage. To a girl he barely knows…

Full of optimism and excitement, Katie accepts and begins her voyage to Africa. Spending her first night under the African stars, it all seems perfect. But then doubts begin to set in. Tensions are rising with stirrings of a vicious conflict on the horizon. Black nationalism continues to grow, and the future is looking very bleak. For some…

The best of times are over and for Britain, its domination in Africa is beginning to crumble. Peter Rimmer’s tenth outing, Full Circle, in the massive Brigandshaw Chronicles, will leave you with so many questions and a deep yearning for all it once was.

Genres: Historical Fiction

418 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 23, 2021

About the author

Peter Rimmer was born in London, England, and grew up in the south of the city where he went to Cranleigh School. After the Second World War and at aged 18, Peter joined the Royal Air Force, reaching the rank of Pilot Officer before he was 19. Then at the end of his National Service and with the optimism of youth, he sailed for Africa with his older brother to grow tobacco in what was then Rhodesia, and the odyssey of his life began.

The years went by and Peter found himself in Johannesburg founding an insurance brokering company. Over 2% of the companies listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange were clients of Rimmer Associates. He opened companies in the United States of America, Australia and Hong Kong and travelled extensively between the branches.

His passion had always been writing books, which he started at a very early age, though running a business was a driving force too and a common thread throughout his books. By the 1990’s, he had written several novels about Africa and England, and his breakthrough came with Cry of the Fish Eagle published by HarperCollins, Zimbabwe. It was a bestseller, which was followed up with the release of Vultures in the Wind. However, during this time, Zimbabwe was going through its struggles and the books did not get their just international recognition.

Having lived a reclusive life on his beloved smallholding in Knysna, South Africa, for over 25 years, Peter passed away in July 2018. He has left an enormous legacy of unpublished work for his family to release over the coming years, and not only them but also his readers from around the world will sorely miss him. Peter Rimmer was 81 years old.

To learn more about Peter, and to get a free starter library of novels, visit his website at www.peterrimmer.com, or find him on Facebook.com/PeterRimmerAuthor, follow him on Twitter @htcrimmer.com, and on BookBub: www.bookbub.com/authors/peter-rimmer

Reviews

[Mrs. L. Belcher · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this extremely helpful from the historical point of view. I loved the story. It gives another dimension to the UDI story, a little bit different from others I have read and a good insight on how life can turn out so far from what one plans and hopes for. The ending left me feeling sad, it was an ending without a conclusion and I wanted it tied up and done with.

[Ronald P. Larner · Rating 4 out of 5]

I felt too much time was devoted to the girls in New York. When the storyline reverted to Rhodesia and England, it continued to be very interesting. I am looking forward to the next book in the series.

[John J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Either a high 3 or a low 4.
Really good story, excellent insight into the civil wars in Rhodesia, from a personal, very British, perspective. Yet highly sympathetic to the devastating effects of colonialism on the indigenous population.
Combine with that the Russian and American unbridled appetite for domination of those people and their natural resources.
However, the limited exploration of these dynamics was slowed by the author’s apparent attempt at completing a longer-than-needed work.

I look forward to the next work in this series.

[K. Leach · Rating 4 out of 5]

Overall the book is very fast moving and interesting, with good character development specially the history of Rhodesia. There is some ongoing repetition in all the books that gets annoying, for example the repeating of the full genealogy several times in each book. And the quote “he/she shivered as if someone walked over his/her grave.” And then there’s always one character that is oversexed and we get an x-rated account of their sexcapades.

[Nigel Copeman · Rating 5 out of 5]

War kills a family

Another great story by this author hence the 5 stars. They build a business only to loose it too others. You need to read all the complete set to understand the whole story.

[JOHN KAYLOR · Rating 4 out of 5]

More pace than ‘The Best of Times’

Having been critical of both the storyline and writing of the ninth book of ‘The Brigandshaw Chronicles’, I am delighted to report that ‘Full Circle’ has re-discovered the style of the earlier books. A good read

[Wendy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really enjoyed the first three books in this series but finding the later books in the series somewhat disappointing, almost as if they are written by a different author. I will persevere but definitely quite a change in the style of writing.

[Bob Watkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

A bit long winded

Having read the series up to this book I found it really long winded in describing people, their lives, the African bush and reparative returns to people and events from previous generations

[Morgan Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good book with a not feel goog ending or no ending at all. Veryinterestingfrom a historical point of view.

[Lyle Lawson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Now on to the next volume of the saga!