Vorab-RezensentenDavid Clensy

By the winter of 1943, the city of Naples has become nothing short of a hell on Earth. Food, happiness and hope are scarce; poverty, misery and desolation are plentiful. Prayer in Time of War tells a story of love in a world without room for romance.

For the British Army, fighting its way from the beaches of Salerno, the squalor of the Neapolitan suburbs comes as a shock. For Private Ernest Green, at just 22, it feels like another world. He is alone in a nightmare landscape, until he catches the gaze of Preghiera. She is the lonely teenage daughter of an embittered old butcher, with dangerous entanglements in the local camorra. But for Ernest, she is a celestial being who enters his world at the very moment he needs her most.

He returns as an elderly widower, 50 years later, with a dream of rekindling their ill-fated love affair and proving that true love never fades.

By the winter of 1943, the city of Naples has become nothing short of a hell on Earth. Food, happiness and hope are scarce; poverty, misery and desolation are plentiful. Prayer in Time of War tells a story of love in a world without room for romance.

For the British Army, fighting its way from the beaches of Salerno, the squalor of the Neapolitan suburbs comes as a shock. For Private Ernest Green, at just 22, it feels like another world. He is alone in a nightmare landscape, until he catches the gaze of Preghiera. She is the lonely teenage daughter of an embittered old butcher, with dangerous entanglements in the local camorra. But for Ernest, she is a celestial being who enters his world at the very moment he needs her most.

He returns as an elderly widower, 50 years later, with a dream of rekindling their ill-fated love affair and proving that true love never fades.

The heart-warming account of a father and son’s journey of self discovery on foot around their own home county.

David Clensy sets off on a long walk – seeking to tackle the 93 miles of Wiltshire’s White Horse Trail, joined in the adventure by his wide-eyed 10-year-old son, Charlie.

The reader is taken on a lyrical meander through the natural wonders of southern England’s chalk downland environment, its people, heritage and wildlife. Along the way we explore the story of these striking equine hill figures and the role they have played in the cultures, belief systems and lived experiences of locals across the centuries.

There are eight White Horses still visible in the Wiltshire landscape today – Westbury, Devizes, Cherhill, Broad Town, Hackpen, Marlborough, Pewsey and Alton Barnes. The 93-mile walk takes in them all. The book also contains a bonus chapter on the Uffington White Horse.

The heart-warming account of a father and son’s journey of self discovery on foot around their own home county.

David Clensy sets off on a long walk – seeking to tackle the 90 miles of Wiltshire’s White Horse Trail, joined in the adventure by his wide-eyed 10-year-old son, Charlie.

The reader is taken on a lyrical meander through the natural wonders of southern England’s chalk downland environment, its people, heritage and wildlife. Along the way we explore the story of these striking equine hill figures and the role they have played in the cultures, belief systems and lived experiences of locals across the centuries.

There are eight White Horses still visible in the Wiltshire landscape today – Westbury, Devizes, Cherhill, Broad Town, Hackpen, Marlborough, Pewsey and Alton Barnes. The 90-mile walk takes in them all. The book also contains a bonus chapter on the Uffington White Horse.

After two decades in journalism, David Clensy has collected together some of his favourite travel features from across the last 20 years - chronicling his adventures from the snow-capped peaks of the Alps to the battlefields of Flanders, from the crystal-clear waters of the Caribbean to the desert landscapes of North Africa

After two decades in journalism, David Clensy has collected together some of his favourite travel features from across the last 20 years - chronicling his adventures from the snow-capped peaks of the Alps to the battlefields of Flanders, from the crystal-clear waters of the Caribbean to the desert landscapes of North Africa