![]() Fortunately, I love to cook, but I love words more. I’m also a genealogist, antique lover, wife, mother, grandmother, and all-round nosy parker. PNCL: Hi Vicky, please tell us a bit about yourself? We had a chat with Vicky to get the conversation started: Delve into the riveting experiences of a young British soldier in war-torn New Zealand and after, where Daniel, as patriarch and the father of World War One conscientious objectors, faces natural disasters, endures family tragedies and witnesses the birth of a nation. The Disenchanted Soldier is inspired by the true story of Daniel Adin, a British soldier fighting in the New Zealand Wars of 1864. ![]() ![]() A wander around the cemetery will tell its own tale, or you could read her first book, The Disenchanted Soldier. Many descendants still live in the area today. ![]() She married into a family who first came to Foxton in the 1860s. Vicky has many connections with the Manawatū. ![]()
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