Jeremy James
Jeremy James was born and brought up on a coffee plantation in Kenya where he developed his love and respect for the natural world. Inspired by the nomadic travels of African camel drovers, he set off on his own journey on horseback from Turkey to Wales in 1987: an adventure which led to the writing of his first book, Saddletramp. Since then he has written several books, including Vagabond – his tale of riding through Eastern Europe during the collapse of communism; The Byerley Turk – a historical novel based on the true story of the first thoroughbred; and The Tippling Philosopher, a collection of rural short stories. He now lives in a remote part of Shropshire where his peaceful, unspoiled surroundings continue to inform his unique and lyrical prose.
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The Alchemical Horseman
First edition. hardback, 8vo., original blue cloth, with gold blocking and blind stamped.£15.00 + p&pStripped of his purpose in life and of belief in himself, the thirty-four-year-old Xavier Perdue has his world inverted by a shadowy knight, an elemental blue horse and the knight's companion, Epsibar Sophia.Metaphorically pitched upon the same path, the three lead him to a realisation of his own value in an upside-down world, releasing within him the entheogen of change. Battling outer odds, fighting inner demons, he turns the base of himself into pure gold.
It is an aspirational tale, set in both future and past, lifted by the poetry of its telling.
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