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Barry has three books published, the first in 2016, the second in 2017 (2nd reprint) and the third this year which have been sold through various means, including the FCO Association, and the Glosters museum in Gloucester. They are:
‘The Mists of Kirinyaga’
A novel; hard-back.
From 1952 to 1960, a State of Emergency existed in the British Colony of Kenya, and a large-scale colonial war fought against the Mau Mau. The novel contains occasional reference to certain events and personalities, but none of the characters should be identified with any living person, then or now. It is a work of fiction, set in an historical context. |
‘A Varied Life’
Autobiography; hard-back (with photos).
The book follows Barry's life, with seven chapters devoted to his time in the Nyasaland/Malawi Police from 1961 to 1968. The remainder (a further twenty three chapters covering service in the "The Glosters", in Kenya, Cyprus, Aden and Yemen Border, Persian Gulf and Germany; plus twenty seven years in HM Diplomatic Service’ in East Pakistan/Bangladesh, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Italy, Turkey and the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, London. |
‘One Under the Eight’
A collection of short stories; paper-back.
This small collection of short stories undoubtedly has an emphasis on war, or warlike activities. Although often based on either Barry’s personal experiences or stories told to him, they are fictional, and not autobiographical. However, the stories are clearly influenced by events in his life, particularly the two tales involving his time in the army, when serving as a Boy Soldier.
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Malawi - Nyasaland Historical 
This is a collection of short pieces of writing by Association Member Vanessa Farmery, some of which are linked to the writer's life as extracts of memoir, travelogues and observations and some of which are fictional stories.
A brief history of the writing of Africa North to South – the sequel to Two Days in Tehran.
Africa North to South, my fifth book, has been five years in the making, which is quicker than some of my others. In fact, I started my first - Matabele Gold - in 1992, which wasn’t published until 2003.
Motivation for this one was, firstly, the prospect of not having a new book in the pipeline; secondly, I didn’t want to say goodbye to my characters from Two Days in Tehran, and thirdly, I liked the idea of using another overland experience as material for a travel, adventure and mystery-type story.
While ‘The African Journals of Petros Amm’ and ‘The Divided Self of Lenny Benjamin’ were entirely imaginary, my two most recent have been grounded in my experiences of places in the Middle East and Africa. The route we followed and the lorries we used in 1973 were much the same as those my characters took six years later, albeit in the opposite direction. This means I’ve been able to illustrate the book with my own photos - which is why it’s a little more expensive than my other books. The reasons for the slight differences in rout and direction were to keep it historically accurate, since the story-line is based on actual events and political situations.
You’ll find the book at https://tslbooks.uk/author-collaboration/
Professor Colin Baker (1929-2018)
BRIAN BURGESS (1931-2014)
Action on the Lake 
Saving the Day
