Lyra is told that she is an African princess, just like her aunts & cousins. But when she tells her school friends, they don't believe her. It is only when she flies to the vibrant Caribbean to visit her Taunte May that she discovers her own history. Then she can walk tall & say, 'I'm Lyra, I'm an African princess. Can you see?' ...

Though angels have been part of our culture & our history for centuries, they have been forgotten in recent times: diminished to the level of christmas trinkets & the playthings of children. Until recently few would admit encountering angelic beings.

Yet this extraordinary book shows angels are returning
- & being acknowledged
- once again. Here are true stories of countless ordinary people being rescued by angels, being comforted & healed by them, feeling their presence in the face of death
- & often appearing to little children. These tales are drawn from such countries as Britain, Australia, Ireland & the United States
- showing angels can be found all around the globe: helping people, often changing their lives completely.

Full of warm & uplifting stories, An Angel At My Shoulder suggests it is more than time to reconsider our view of angels, to let them back into our hectic mechanized world & to realise we are never alone...







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Though angels have been part of our culture & our history for centuries, they have been forgotten in recent times, diminished to the level of christmas trinkets & the playthings of children. Until recently few would admit encountering angelic beings. Yet this extraordinary book shows angels are returning
- & being acknowledged
- once again. Here are true stories of countless ordinary people being rescued by angels, being comforted & healed by them, feeling their presence in the face of death & often appearing to little children. These tales are drawn from such countries as Britain, Australia, Ireland & the United States showing angels can be found all around the globe, helping people & often changing their lives completely.

Full of warm & uplifting stories, An Angel At My Shoulder suggests it is more than time to reconsider our view of angels, to let them back into our hectic mechanized world & to realise we are never alone...



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Though angels have been part of our culture & our history for centuries, they have been forgotten in recent times, diminished to the level of christmas trinkets & the playthings of children. Until recently few would admit encountering angelic beings. Yet this extraordinary book shows angels are returning
- & being acknowledged
- once again. Here are true stories of countless ordinary people being rescued by angels, being comforted & healed by them, feeling their presence in the face of death & often appearing to little children. These tales are drawn from such countries as Britain, Australia, Ireland & the United States showing angels can be found all around the globe, helping people & often changing their lives completely.

Full of warm & uplifting stories, An Angel At My Shoulder suggests it is more than time to reconsider our view of angels, to let them back into our hectic mechanized world & to realise we are never alone...



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Glennyce Eckersley is one of our most loved angel experts. In her wonderful new book, An Angel to Guide Me, she explains ...

The life of Harriet Spencer, Countess of Bessborough, was one of both respectability & high scandal. The aristocracy of the eighteenth century were the A-list celebrities of the day; their lives, loves, fashions & misfortunes avidly reported in the press. They dominated the political world as well as the social, & Harriet was at the very heart of this powerful clique. She was born into the wealth & privilege of the Spencer family ...

The life of Harriet Spencer, Countess of Bessborough, was one of both respectability & high scandal. The aristocracy of the eighteenth century were the A-list celebrities of the day; their lives, loves, fashions & misfortunes avidly reported in the press. They dominated the political world as well as the social, & Harriet was at the very heart of this powerful clique. She was born into the wealth & privilege of the Spencer family ...