Alleyn Club Yearbook 2018

of aid professionals to respond to the causes and consequences of climate change.

at Chulalongkorn Unversity, Bangkok, Thailand, Prudhisan had two books in the Thai language published in 2017. Prajadhipok Prachathipatai , by Chulalongkorn University Press is an empathetic account of the Eton and Woolwich-educated King Prajadhipok of Siam/Thailand (King Rama VII, reigned 1925-1935), and his reasons and efforts to ensure a smooth transition from the so- called Absolute Monarchy to democracy in the form of a Constitutional Monarchy.

Dr Benjamin Dabby (96-03) Women as Public Moralists in Britain: From the Bluestockings to Virginia Woolf

This book uncovers how women’s writings shaped public opinion and morality from the Victorians to the mid-twentieth century, focussing on the cultural criticism of eight of the most significant of these writers.

Kulasatri Sri Siam Sa-nga Ngam Took Kalasathan (A Lady of Siam: Ever Serene Everywhere)

Patrick Darby (61–71) Ties of Blood and Friendship

This book tells the story of Queen Rambhai Barni, and makes copious use of oral history material collected over two decades to portray her not so much as a queen but as a person with ability to adapt to changing times, places and conditions while retaining her royal husband’s and her own dignity.

This book tells the story of Francis Lynn (1671-1731). Using his

hitherto largely unpublished ‘diary’, correspondence, and many public sources. It takes the reader on a journey through – amongst other places - Westminster, Cambridge, Dulwich, Sheerness, Chiswick, Tidmarsh (Berkshire), Bacton and Cotton (Suffolk), Nova Scotia, Paris, Madrid, and West Africa.

David Henry Wilson (47–55) Never Say Moo to a Bull

A bright, fun new edition in David Henry Wilson’s classic Jeremy James series, illustrated by Axel Scheffler. David is a prolific children’s author with over 20 titles published.

Taran Matharu (04–09)

Books 2 and 3 in The Summoner series: The Inquisition and The Battlemage have been

published, with a prequel The Outcast due in May 2018. Enter an immersive fantasy world where one boy’s power to summon demons will change

Memories and Mysteries

These poems span a period of some 60 years. There is no uniformity of style or subject

the fate of an empire. Taran began to write Summoner in 2013, reaching over three million reads in less than six months. After being featured by NBC News, Taran decided to launch his professional writing career and has never looked back.

matter, each one selected simply because it represents a thought, an emotion, a memory or a mystery. Some may even offer contradictory views, but that is because for every dark there is a light, and vice versa.

Prudhisan Jumbala (62-68) Nine years into his retirement as an associate professor

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