The Bell That Never Rang

By Lewis Griffiths

THE BELL THAT NEVER RANG

This is Jim Bowen's story. The story of a boy born in the shadow of a lonely church bell and forced to leave the farm he loves to become a sailor, only to fall in love with the beautiful Marie while on a voyage to New Zealand.

A story of Wales and New Zealand; of romance, rugby and the struggles of two farming families.

And of a battleship, HMS New Zealand, purchased by a young country and protected by a Maori prophecy, as it fought in a world war. Will the prophecy hold true at the Battle of Jutland? And what of Jim and Marie?

And the bell that never rang on the Queen Mary?

Based on a true story and supported by extensive research into the author's ancestry, this book brings alive the dramas of ordinary lives disrupted by a war that nobody wanted; lives haunted by "turanga wae wae" and "hiraeth", the deep call of the roots that bind you to land of your birth.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0473615150
• ISBN13: 9780473615154
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: National Library of New Zealand
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"