Website: http://elisabethmarrion.yolasite.com/
A wonderful story of Hilde's life from a young girl and the run up to and during the 2nd World War. Her home and family life in East Prussia, her love for her husband Karl, her friends and struggle of bringing up a family on her own during difficult times, A very emotional must read!BiographyElisabeth was born in August 1948 in Hildesheim, Germany. Her father was a Corporal in the RAF stationed after WWII in the British occupied zone in Germany, where he met her mother, Hilde. Elisabeth and her mother shared their love of Art, both were performing at their local theatre from a young age. As a teenager she enjoyed reading novels and plays by Oscar Wilde, Thornton Wilder, Ernest Hemingway and short stories by Guy de Maupassant. More recently she felt inspired by 'Rabbit-proof Fence', a true story written by Doris Pilkington.
In 1969 she moved to England and married David from Liverpool. Together they worked throughout the Far East and Sub Continent, spending a large amount of their time in Bangladesh. There they helped their manufacturer to build a school in the rural part of the Country. For inspiration Elisabeth puts on her running shoes for a run through the New Forest. 'The Night I Danced with Rommel' is her first book and is based on facts - her mother's story. This is the first Book in this series of three.
Elisabeth now works on her second book. 'May I have this dance, Hilde?' asked Field Marshal Rommel, opening the Grande Ball held in his honour. Did this dance save the life of Hilde's Polish friends? Hilde had come a long way since her dream of becoming a singer was shattered when her father made arrangements for her to work as a housekeeper in Berlin at the tender age of fourteen. Hilde's life is thrown into turmoil in Berlin during the late 1920's early 1930's. Having Polish friends meant it was becoming increasingly unsafe for her to stay there and she finds a new life in the Harz mountains. In Goslar, Hilde meets her husband, Karl, a young officer in the German Army. When he joins the 7th Panzer Brigade led by General Erwin Rommel at the beginning of World War II, Hilde is left to bring up their children in war-torn Germany. Hilde's story is based on facts and is told here by her youngest daughter, Elisabeth.
My new book will be launched Saturday 7th June at Foyles in Bristol on a Special D Day event.
'Liverpool Connection' is the second book of my trilogy series ' Unbroken bonds' and it is Annie's story.
