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These titles can be read as a series, or randomly as stand-alone novels

 

1.
Time of Hope
 
1949
2.
George Passant
(Originally entitled ‘Strangers & Brothers’)
1940
3.
The Conscience of the Rich
 
1958
4.
The Light and the Dark
 
1947
5.
The Masters
 
1951
6.
The New Men
 
1954
7.
Homecomings
 
1956
8.
The Affair
 
1960
9.
Corridors of Power
 
1964
10.
The Sleep of Reason
 
1968
11.
Last Things
 
1970

 

 

Synopses (Both Series & ‘Stand-alone’ Titles)

Published by House of Stratus

 

A.
Strangers and Brothers Series (series order)
  
 These titles can be read as a series, or randomly as stand-alone novels
  
George Passant
In the first of the
Strangers and Brothers
series Lewis Eliot tells the story of George Passant, a Midland solicitor’s managing clerk and idealist who tries to bring freedom to a group of people in the years 1925 to 1933.
  
  
The Light & The Dark
The Light and the Dark
is the second in the
Strangers and Brothers
series. The story is set in Cambridge, but the plot also moves to Monte Carlo, Berlin and Switzerland. Lewis Eliot narrates the career of a childhood friend. Roy Calvert is a brilliant but controversial linguist who is about to be elected to a fellowship.
  
  
Time of Hope
The third in the
Strangers and Brothers
series (although the first in chronological order) and tells the story of Lewis Eliot’s early life. As a child he is faced with his father’s bankruptcy. As a young man, he finds his career at the Bar hindered by a neurotic wife. Separation from her is impossible however.
  
  
The Masters
The fourth in the
Strangers and Brothers
series begins with the dying Master of a Cambridge college. His imminent demise causes intense rivalry and jealousy amongst the other fellows. Former friends become enemies as the election looms.
  
  
The New Men
It is the onset of World War II in the fifth in the
Strangers and Brothers
series. A group of Cambridge scientists are working on atomic fission. But there are consequences for the men who are affected by it. Hiroshima also causes mixed personal reactions.
  
  
Homecomings
Homecomings
is the sixth in the
Strangers and Brothers
series and sequel to Time of Hope. This complete story in its own right follows Lewis Eliot’s life through World War II. After his first wife’s death his work at the Ministry assumes a larger role. It is not until his second marriage that Eliot is able to commit himself emotionally.
  
  
The Conscience of the Rich
Seventh in the
Strangers and Brothers
series, this is a novel of conflict exploring the world of the great Anglo-Jewish banking families between the two World Wars. Charles March is heir to one of these families and is beginning to make a name for himself at the Bar. When he wishes to change his way of life and do something useful he is forced into a quarrel with his father, his family and his religion.
  
  
The Affair
In the eighth in the
Strangers and Brothers
series Donald Howard, a young science Fellow is charged with scientific fraud and dismissed from his college. This novel, which became a successful West End play, describes a miscarriage of justice in the same Cambridge college which served as a setting for
‘The Masters’
  
  
The Corridors of Power
The corridors and committee rooms of Whitehall are the setting for the ninth in the
Strangers and Brothers
series. They are also home to the manipulation of political power. Roger Quaife wages his ban-the-bomb campaign from his seat in the Cabinet and his office at the Ministry. The stakes are high as he employs his persuasiveness.

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