Betrayal of the Trinity Knot

    “It is necessary for me to provide a short introduction to the narrative that follows, it being a true account of an incident that had happened to my grandfather in the late summer of 1938.

    As described in a previous publication, the story is one of many written by my grandfather, which his son, my father kept in a small wooden chest, along with other treasured memories from his own life.

    However, after my father’s death a few years ago, I was privileged to be able to open this well guarded chest and subsequently to read the unpublished stories by my grandfather. Since then I have taken it upon myself to see them into print. The first to be published was ‘The Ballad Of Jessie Gray’ which is an account of an incident that had also happened to my grandfather in his early life, as is the story that follows.

    Once again it is my only wish that the reader finds the same kind of enjoyment, as I and my family have done, within my grandfather’s words.”

    And with this brief opening statement by the grandson, the grandfather’s story unfolds, beginning in early September 1938 and very much in the spirit of John Buchan and Arthur Conan Doyle.

    Betrayal Of The Trinity Knot is a story that not only gives a unique insight into the threats of conspiracy and subterfuge by foreign agents in the final year before the outbreak of the Second World War, it is also a story of the naivety and blindness of a nation not willing to accept that the unthinkable could happen again. And intertwined within this trail of intrigue is the inner scrutiny by the unlikely ‘hero’ of his doubts and uncertainties about the determined path he had been drawn into following.

    So what began as a relaxing break from his business in Bristol, England to visit his friend, the local vicar of a peaceful parish on Exmoor ends up for our ‘hero’ by him being warned, in no uncertain terms that his story must never be told, that it is ‘Not In The National Interest’.

    And irrevocably linked within these events is the betrayal of the sacred meaning behind a mysterious ancient Celtic symbol.

    But now after more than 70 years the previously undisclosed truth about this small piece of hidden history has been unearthed in a manuscript concealed away in an old wooden chest. Even so, it is more than certain that official records will still be gathering dust in some secret Government vault.

"An exciting story of intrigue and espionage and a thoroughly enjoyable read."
Michael Lawson/CEO Boyd Wilmot Printing.

"Brian’s done it again with this brilliant firsthand account of this previously untold incident of international conspiracy."
Diane Simmons/Millcraft Books.

A fascinating tale. Truly gripping stuff...I love it!
Marianne Forbes/MD SMS Music