The Rescue Man - Signed, Lined and Dated E. E. Richardson Alison Weir knows her subject

Alison Weir knows her subject and has a knack for the telling and textural detail' Daily Mail

orgeously atmospheric and deliciously page-turning

handsome nobleman

There are the years early in his marriage during the war

showing a commitment to the job that borders on obsession

The Rescue Man - Signed, Lined and Dated E. E. Richardson Alison Weir knows her subjectLiverpool, 1939. Lonely historian Tom Baines is at work on a study of the city's architectural past but the ominous news from Europe, together with his burgeoning friendship with Richard, a young photographer, and his beautiful wife, Bella, are proving a distraction. When the bombings begin, Tom joins up as 'rescue man', retrieving the wounded and dying from the ruins of buildings, but the love affair he embarks on soon leads him into a very different