When the Nazis ran Torbay ......

Life in Torquay in 1940/1941 is the setting for Torbay author David Scott's fifth novel which is published this month - and it contradicts history just a little!

The Seagulls Take Flight follows on from the success of his previous books based in the town - The Funk Hole Myth and Operation Seagull.

The Nazi invasion of Britain in July 1940 has succeeded. King Edward VIII is back on the throne he abdicated four years previously.

King George VI and Prime Minister Winston Churchill, the latter denied a martyr’s death on the steps of 10 Downing Street, are a monarchy and government-in-exile in Canada.

The new British government answerable to Reich Protector Heinrich Himmler is headed by Lord Halifax.

Life in South Devon starts to return to normal after the trauma of invasion. Torquay’s former newspaper editor Rupert Tremaine is now the returning king’s private secretary, but soon he starts to despise both him and Queen Wallis.

The hunt is on throughout England for two missing nuclear scientists who are trying to flee and join a team developing the world’s first atomic bomb. The Gestapo are keen to get their hands on them for Germany’s own nuclear research programme.

While Hitler prepares to invade the Soviet Union, across the other side of the world Japan’s government plots a secret attack on the United States.

As the action sweeps across the globe, it is in Torquay where the future of the Third Reich could well be decided. Rupert Tremaine has to make up his mind which side he is on.

David is the former editor of several regional newspapers who has lived in Torquay with his family for the last 32 years. The book can only be obtained by contacting him at DScottTorq@aol.com price £10 (plus £2.50 postage and packing if required).