David Gilbertson read English and Modern Languages at Cambridge University before beginning a career in journalism and business information publishing. He was editor of Lloyd’s List and managing director of The Lancet and went on to head two of the UK’s largest information groups Informa and Emap. He now advises media companies as a non-executive director. Born in Wallasey, he and his wife now divide their time between London and Provence.
A story of the extraordinary lives of ordinary people.Set between Victorian Liverpool and Dundee and the battlefields of the First World War, three families face the perils of life on the economic cliff-edge, where a single misstep can send lives plunging out of control.Crossing a century of dramati...