Read Ebook {PDF EPUB} Act of Valour by Elizabeth Darrell DAWES, Edna 1931- ADDRESSES: Agent —c/o Author Mail, St. Martin's Press, 175 5th Ave., New York, NY 10010. CAREER: Writer. WRITINGS: NOVELS. Dearest Tiger , Hale (London, England), 1975. Pink Snow , Hale (London, England), 1975. A Hidden Heart of Fire , Hale (London, England), 1976. (As Eleanor Drew) Burn All Your Bridges , Macdonald and Jane's (London, England), 1976. Fly with My Love , Hale (London, England), 1978. HISTORICAL FICTION; AS EMMA DRUMMOND. Scarlet Shadows , Dell (New York, NY), 1978, published under pseudonym Elizabeth Darrell, Severn House (Sutton, England), 2000. The Burning Land , Macdonald and Jane's (London, England), 1979. The Rice Dragon , Macdonald (London, England), 1980, published under pseudonym Elizabeth Darrell, Severn House (Sutton, England), 2002. Beyond All Frontiers , St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1983, published under pseudonym Elizabeth Darrell, Severn House (Sutton, England), 2002. Forget the Glory , St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1985, published under pseudonym Elizabeth Darrell, Severn House (Sutton, England), 2003. The Bridge of a Hundred Dragons , St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1986. A Captive Freedom , St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1987. Some Far Elusive Dawn , Gollancz (London, England), 1988, published as Some Elusive Dawn , St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1991. That Sweet and Savage Land , Gollancz (London, England), 1990, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1991. "KNIGHTSHILL" SERIES; AS EMMA DRUMMOND. A Question of Honour , Gollancz (London, England), 1991, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1992. A Distant Hero , Simon & Schuster (London, England), 1994, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1997. Act of Valour , Simon & Schuster (London, England), 1996, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1998. HISTORICAL FICTION; AS ELIZABETH DARRELL. The Jade Alliance , Putnam (New York, NY), 1979. The Gathering Wolves , Coward, McCann (New York, NY), 1980. At the Going Down of the Sun , St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1984. And in the Morning , Century (London, England), 1986. The Flight of the Flamingo , St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1989. Concerto , Michael Joseph (London, England), 1993, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1994. We Will Remember , Michael Joseph (London, England), 1996, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2005. Unsung Heroes , Severn House (Sutton, England), 2001. Flight to Anywhere , Severn House (Sutton, England), 2001. Shadows over the Sun , Severn House (Sutton, England), 2005. NOVELS; AS EVA DANE. A Lion by the Mane , Macdonald and Jane's (London, England), 1975. Shadows in the Fire , Macdonald and Jane's (London, England), 1975. The Vaaldorp Diamond , Macdonald and Jane's (London, England), 1978. SIDELIGHTS: Novelist Edna Dawes has written under a variety of pseudonyms, including Emma Drummond, Elizabeth Darrell, Eva Dane, and Eleanor Drew. Regardless of pseudonym, Dawes's novels are frequently set during the height of the British Empire, from the nineteenth-century reign of Queen Victoria through World War II. Her books examine the lives and loves of the members of the British military and their families, both upper-class officers and common soldiers. The "Knightshill" trilogy follows one noble family, the Ashleighs, as they attempt to survive and cope during the wars of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. The family's members include the patriarch, Sir Gilliard Ashleigh, and his five grandchildren. Only four are still living; the eldest, Vorne, was killed fighting in Khartoum, Sudan, in 1885. To Sir Gilliard, Vorne was perfection incarnate, and no matter how hard the other four children try they cannot compare. Although Vere, the next eldest, proves himself a hero on the fields of battle as well, his grandfather sees only the young man's soft side: he enjoys painting and growing orchids. The youngest boy, Valentine, is still in school when the saga begins, but by the second book, A Distant Hero , he has graduated and the Boer War has begun, giving him too a chance to prove his bravery. The daughters also struggle to fulfill their role in the family as Sir Gilliard sees it. Rather than marrying into other English families of good breeding and bearing sons, Margaret becomes involved with a diplomat from Italy, and Charlotte, who has a crippled leg, seems unfit to marry anyone at all. In the end she does find love, but, to Sir Gilliard's dismay, it is with a commoner. "Drummond … has crafted a satisfying, old-fashioned historical romance with vivid descriptions," a Publishers Weekly contributor declared of the first book in the trilogy, A Question of Honour . The second volume also drew praise from a Publishers Weekly contributor, who noted the book's "well-observed family dynamics, excellent pacing and effective changes of viewpoint." Several of Dawes's novels are set in Britain's Asian colonies, including India, Singapore, and Hong Kong. Both That Sweet and Savage Land and Forget the Glory follow men and women attached to army units stationed in India in the middle of the nineteenth century. In the former book, the main characters, Elizabeth Delacourt, her officer husband William, and another officer, John Stavenham, form a love triangle when all wind up stationed together. The latter volume tells the stories of Captain Rowan DeMayne, an officer with the 43rd Light Dragoons, and the company's eighteen-year-old, twice-widowed washerwoman, Mary Clarke, as they travel with the company from India to the Crimean Peninsula to participate in the Crimean War. This story, "finely crafted and full of detailed imagery" according to Hatton, "is one of magnificence and courage set against the horrors of war." Some Far Elusive Dawn , set in the Singapore of the 1920s, follows two men who try to pick up the pieces of their lives after World War I comes to a close. Martin Linwood, suffering from shell-shock and the deaths of his family, has become a civil servant after spending a year in a mental hospital; while Alex Beresford, heir to a large shipping company, is compelled to prove his bravery through reckless peacetime feats, since his parents refused to allow him to fight in the war. Their lives collide when both become smitten with another newcomer to the colony, the writer Thea du Lessier. "So much happens in this novel," Andrea Lee Shuey wrote in Library Journal , "that readers will compulsively turn the pages to the end." Unsung Heroes and Flight to Anywhere , two of Dawes's novels under her "Elizabeth Darrell" pseudonym, are set closer to modern times but still deal with the struggles of British warriors. These two books take place within the Hampton Helicopter Squadron of the Royal Air Force (RAF). Unsung Heroes centers on three members of the squadron. Randal Price, the flight commander, is good at his job but has less success keeping his gorgeous, cosmopolitan wife happy. Dave Ashmore has lost both his girlfriend (who has agreed to marry his cousin) and his dream of flying, and to his upper-class family's horror he remains with the squadron, not as a glamorous pilot but as a lowly loadmaster. The third protagonist, Maggie Spencer, is fighting to be taken seriously as a female pilot, a job usually held by men. All three characters return in Flight to Anywhere , joined by several new members with their own problems. Unsung Heroes is "a fascinating account of a little-appreciated branch of the armed services," Maria Hatton wrote in Booklist , adding that Flight to Anywhere "accurately and poignantly depicts the daily lives of ordinary people performing extraordinary feats." BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES: BOOKS. Twentieth-Century Romance and Historical Writers , St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1994. PERIODICALS. Booklist , February 1, 1996, Melanie Duncan, review of We Will Remember , p. 916; December 1, 1997, Eric Robbins, review of A Distant Hero , p. 609; August, 1998, Margaret Flanagan, review of Act of Valour , p. 1962; July, 2001, Maria Hatton, review of Unsung Heroes , p. 1978; February 15, 2002, Maria Hatton, review of Flight to Anywhere , p. 997; April 15, 2003, Maria Hatton, review of Forget the Glory , p. 1452; December 1, 2004, Emily Melton, review of Shadows over the Sun , p. 634. Library Journal , December, 1990, Andrea Lee Shuey, review of Some Far Elusive Dawn , p. 160; January, 1998, Jodi L. Israel, review of A Distant Hero , p. 139; April 1, 2002, Michael Rogers, review of The Rice Dragon , p. 147. Publishers Weekly , November 16, 1990, Sybil Steinberg, review of Some Far Elusive Dawn , p. 46; June 14, 1991, review of That Sweet and Savage Land , p. 45; July 6, 1992, review of A Question of Honour , p. 40; May 16, 1994, review of Concerto , p. 50; December 18, 1995, review of We Will Remember , p. 42; October 20, 1997, review of A Distant Hero , p. 54. Medal of Military Valour. The Medal of Military Valour (French language: Médaille de la vaillance militaire ) is a decoration that is, within the Canadian system of honours, the third highest award for military valour, [1] and one of three honours for military valour gifted by the Canadian monarch, generally through his or her viceroy-in-Council. Created in 1993, the medal is presented to both living and deceased members of the Canadian Forces deemed to have carried out "an act of valour or devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy," [2] and grants recipients the ability to use the post-nominal letters MMV . Contents. History [ edit | edit source ] On 2 February 1993, [1] three decorations, including the Medal of Military Valour, were created by Queen Elizabeth II as a family of Canadian military valour decorations. [3] The first awarding of the star was by Governor General Michaëlle Jean, on 27 October 2006; only with Canada's participation in the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan did there emerge, for the first time since 1993, circumstances wherein one could carry out actions deserving of the Medal of Military Valour. [4] Design [ edit | edit source ] The Medal of Military Valour is in the form of a gold medal with, on the obverse, the Royal Cypher of the reigning monarch beneath a St. Edward's Crown—symbolizing the Canadian monarch's roles as both fount of honour and Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Forces [5] [6] —and the inscription PRO VALORE . The reverse bears a maple leaf surrounded by a laurel wreath, and the name and rank of the recipientis engraved on the medal's edge. [1] This medallion is worn on the left chest, on a 38 millimetres (1.5 in) wide crimson ribbon with three vertical white stripes: for men, hung from a bar, and for women, on a ribbon bow, both pinned to the left chest. [1] Should an individual already possessing a Medal of Military Valour be awarded the medal again for subsequent valourous acts, he or she is granted a simple gold medal bar, bearing a maple leaf at its centre, for wear on the ribbon from which the original medal is suspended; [1] Eligibility and receipt [ edit | edit source ] The medal is awarded only to members of the Canadian Forces, or members of allied armed forces serving alongside the Canadian Forces, [3] who have shown conspicuous acts of valiance in the face of enemy hostility. [2] Should a person meet these criteria, nominations are made through his or her chain of command to the Military Valour Decorations Advisory Committee [3] —a part of the Chancellery of Honours at Government House—which then makes its recommendations to the Governor General of Canada, via the Chief of the Defence Staff. [3] Once they have been decorated with the Medal of Military Valour, recipients are granted the right to use the post-nominal letters MMV . The Medal of Military Valour can be awarded posthumously, as well as multiple times; [1] as of August 2009, the decoration has been awarded 38 times, though no bars have yet been issued. [7] Elizabeth Darrell. Twelve years after World War I, former Flight Sergeant Ben Norton must discover the truth behind his wartime colleague’s death. 1930. The Lance family, major shareholders in Marshfield Aviation, watch in horror as their prototype fighter fails t. Spanish Inquisition. Max Rydal faces a terrible dilemma when one of his own men is accused of a heinous crime. Following the final performance of Carmen by the amateur operatic group on the military base, there’s a party for the cast and crew. In the early hours . Scotch Mist. November fifth. Soldiers and their families gather to celebrate with a fireworks display and a giant bonfire, but delight turns to fear when it explodes to send flaming debris over the spectators. A battalion of Drumdorran Fusiliers has marched in th. Indian Summer. A Max Rydal Military Mystery - Basking in the warmth of an Indian summer, the British Military in Germany hold an Open Day to ease the stress of constant movements of personnel to and from war zones. Entertainments include medieval knights, jousting. French Leave. A Max Rydal Military Mystery - During an intense heatwave, the West Wiltshire Regiment engage in a military exercise – but at its conclusion, Private John Smith is missing. Smith’s sergeant is adamant he’s gone AWOL, but then the Special Invest. Dutch Courage. A Max Rydal Military Mystery - The truth must be told; blinkers removed from eyes. Thats the message sent anonymously to Sam Collier, a helicopter pilot decorated for bravery in Afghanistan. When a campaign of harassment is then mounted against his w. Czech Mate. A new investigation for military policeman Max Rydal - Head of 26 Section Special Investigation Branch, Max Rydal, and his deputy, Sergeant Major Tom Black, are called to investigate a brutal attack on a young boy at a fancy-dress party. Meanwhile, s. Russian Roulette. The first in a new crime series by an ever-popular authorMajor Leo Bekov had as many enemies among fellow officers as he had admirers among their wives. Good-looking, charismatic and fluent in several languages, he was set for great things, until his. Chinese Puzzle. A new case for detective Max Rydal Two members of a British regiment are murdered by the lethal injection of an unknown toxin: a senior officer in possession of NATO secrets vanishes from a high-security base in Germany. Is he the killer or the third. Shadows Over the Sun. Intrigue in the Far EastWhen Nick Hawkwood goes to Singapore to stay at the residence of James Wellnut, the new Defence Advisor, it isn't long before he discovers the real reason behind his old friend's invitation. Wellnut's predecessor disappeared, . Flight to Anywhere. This sequel, complete in itself, takes up the story of 646 Helicopter Squadron, in the air and on the ground.Dashing Flight Commander Randal Price is back in charge, miraculously walking again after his near-fatal accident, but with his marriage in t. Unsung Heroes. Randal Price: a dashing, charismatic leader whose marriage to a beautiful woman is buckling. Maggie Spencer: a shapely blonde with a chip on her shoulder. Dave Ashton: a likeable loner whose tragic past still haunts him. For one year, these three peo. Vitorious Passion. Soon after Victoria Castledon marries Major Charles Stanford, she discovers how unprepared she is for the demands of marriage. In distress she turns to the dashing renegade Hugo, igniting a sibling feud which will follow the trio to the battlefields . We Will Remember. In 1946, members of the Sheridan family--David, a pilot scarred by Japanese torture in Sumatra; his mother, Marion, widowed by the war; and his sister, Vesta, a noted war artist--struggle to rebuild their lives in the wake of the devastation of war. . Concerto. Presents the tale of three young expatriates in World War II Hong Kong--a deceptively tough doctor; a gifted pianist, unsupported by her family; and a dissolute playboy convinced of his own meaninglessness. The Flight of the Flamingo. 1929, Sheenmouth Abbey. Leone Kirkland, daughter of a Marine Aviations tycoon, leads a life surrounded by males and aviation. When her father brings home an young orphan, Leone hopes to find a friend in him. However, the Kirkland males once aga. And in the Morning. The Sheridan family fought for king and country through the Great War, when two of the brothers were killed in action. Now, two days before Christmas 1939, the one who survived against all odds faces another world war along with his family. Many year. At the Going Down of the Sun. This family epic, set during World War I, follows the fortunes of three brothers and the women who loved and waited for them. One, heir to the exquisite family home of Tarant Hall in Dorset, will be driven to the Front by accusations of cowardice. Act of Valour. The Ashleigh family gather at Knightshill, their Wiltshire Mansion, to welcome home the black sheep of the family after his twelve year absence. Vere, the head of the family, awaits the return of his younger brother Val anxiously anticipating the moment when the family can be complete again, bound under the honourable Ashleigh tradition of military valour. But Val’s intentions are to settle his accounts and return to the outback. Yet fate is against him ad he must struggle with his own demons as memories thought to be long forgotten come back to haunt him. When the news of imminent war breaks, the attitudes of the household differ violently threatening to rip apart their bonds before the tragedy has even begun. Tim, Vere’s nephew, handsome, arrogant and immensely proud of his ancestry, looks forward to following the heroic precedent set by previous generations on the battlefields. Kate exerts all her efforts in pursuing her nursing career, eager to break male dominance by abandoning the traditionally domestic role of Ashleigh women. Whilst Val is forced back into the very world he vowed he would never return to… In this tragic tale of adventure, love and war, the Ashleigh family’s attitudes and values are certain to change forever. The third volume in the three-part Knightshill saga, this is a sweeping historical epic from Elizabeth Darrell, which was originally published under the name of Emma Drummond. Filled with Darrell’s usual compelling mix of danger, passion and heroism set against authentic historical events, ‘Act of Valour’ continues the story of the colourful Ashleighs of Knightshill which was begun in ‘A Question of Honour’. Praise for Elizabeth Darrell: ‘A wonderful story, compellingly told. the authenticity - both emotional and historical - really shines through’ - Sarah Harrison. Elizabeth Darrell is the penname of Emma Drummond, born in 1931. Her father was a member of the British Army stationed in Hong Kong, where Drummond spent the early years of her life. As well as writing books, she worked in the Women’s Royal Army Corps. Her books include ‘Concerto’, ‘The Savage Sky’ and ‘At the Going Down of the Sun’. Genre: Historical. Cross of Valour (Canada) The Cross of Valour (French language: Croix de la vaillance ) is a decoration that is, within the Canadian system of honours, the second highest award (superseded only by the Victoria Cross), the highest honour available for Canadian civilians, and the highest of the three Canadian Bravery Decorations. Created in 1972, the medallion is presented to individuals, both Canadians and foreigners, living and deceased, who have performed acts of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme peril and grants recipients the ability to use the post-nominal letters CV . [1] [4] Contents. History [ edit | edit source ] The Cross of Valour was conceived of as a replacement for the Order of Canada's Medal of Courage, which had never been awarded since its creation in 1967. On the advice of her headed by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, the Cross of Valour was initiated on 1 May 1972 by Queen Elizabeth II, and presented for the first time on 20 July of the same year. Prior to 1967, the equivalent medal that Canadians received was the George Cross, of which ten were awarded in Canada: eight military, one merchant navy, and one civilian. [5] The Cross of Valour became the centre of a controversy in 2007, when it was announced from the Chancellery of Honours at the Governor General of Canada's residence, Rideau Hall, that deceased Cobourg, Ontario, police constable Chris Garrett would not be awarded the honour. Garett died on duty after an individual lured him with a false 9-1-1 call and then cut his throat; however, Garett, as he was dying, shot and disabled the assailant, thereby preventing other planned attacks. [6] But, because Garett's nominator waited until the trial for the constable's murderer was concluded, the application arrived at Rideau Hall eight months past the stipulated two-year deadline. [7] After a public outcry, the Governor General-in-Council adjusted the rules of application for the Cross of Valour. [8] [9] Design [ edit | edit source ] The medal is a cross of four equal limbs rendered in gold, with the obverse enamelled in red and edged with gold, and bearing at the centre a gold maple leaf surrounded by a gold laurel wreath. On the reverse is the Royal Cypher of the reigning Canadian sovereign and a crown above, on the upper arm, while the words VALOUR • VAILLANCE are etched below, extending along the upper edge of the two lateral arms of the cross. The recipient's name and the date of the incident for which they are being honoured are engraved underneath the motto. [4] [10] This medallion is worn on the left chest, on light crimson ribbon 38 millimetres (1.5 in) wide: for men, hung from a medal bar, and for women, on a ribbon bow pinned to the left chest; a miniature cross may be worn on the ribbon bar in undress. [10] Should an individual already possessing a Cross of Valour be awarded the medal again for subsequent valourous acts, he or she is granted a gold maple leaf to be carried on the same ring from which the original cross is hung; [4] no bars have been issued to date. [2] Eligibility [ edit | edit source ] Anyone may nominate or be nominated for receipt of the Cross of Valour; the incident need not take place in Canada, but Canadian people and/or interests must be involved. The decoration may be awarded posthumously, [1] though nominations must be made no later than two years following either the act of bravery itself or the conclusion of any coroner's or court's inquest into the events for which the person was nominated. [8]