Le Morte d'Mortimer

Le Morte d'Mortimer is an intriguing blend of fact and fiction leading to mystery. When Paul Barclay is commissioned to write a newspaper feature about Arthur Mortimer a chain of events is triggered that changes the lives of all the key characters. In unveiling Mortimer he discovers the events that have surrounded the life of a remarkable old man. At first uncertain as to whether or not there is a story at all Barclay is drawn into a world that involves intellectual game playing discoveries twists and turns. Blair Edgar has put together an intriguing cast of high powered highly intelligent characters that gather around Mortimer in a story filled with constant surprises wit and wisdom. The dialogue is loaded with imagery that evokes the life of an extraordinary old man and those who surround him.