Life Isn't All Smooth Waters

About the Book

An interesting varied life from 1934-2014 experiences living in five countries with a stimulating mix of farming, British aristocracy, politicians and spies. 

The author who was already at school in the UK when the Second World War was declared describes wartime childhood, post war life, his father’s service in MI6, military service in Germany, his career in agriculture managing the agricultural estates of the Queen Mother’s and Mountbatten families, leading for six years a successful major protest organization and being a Member of a British Parliamentary Committee but declining to become an M.P. Emigrating to Canada in 1981, he started a new career with interesting changes. Although his wife with whom he had four children, died there in 1998, he later married a Cuban and now has a home in Cuba where he spends the majority of his time.

About the Author

The author was at school prior to the start of the Second world War has clear memory of German bombing and seeing Winston Churchill. His father was a member of the SIS (MI6) and following the war was Head of Station in Vienna. His mother an artist and teacher in consequence raised the author and siblings largely on her own. Following attending an ancient English School, he studied agriculture at Aberdeen. After military service in Germany, an agricultural career managing large historic estates brought him into close personal contact with the families of the Queen Mother and Lord Mountbatten. Protest involvement resulted in him becoming a member of a British Parliamentary Committee but declining invitation to become an M.P. In 1981 at age 47 he, his wife and family immigrated to Canada where he started a new management career. Ten years after his wife died he married a Cuban and now spends most of his time in Cuba. With a fascinating background he lucidly describes eighty years of unusual life and of history.