Except the Lord

‘This is not the history of political events but of a boy’s mind and soul.’

The second book in the Chester Nimmo trilogy.

Now an old man, Chester Nimmo, the fiery politician of Prisoner of Grace, looks back on his life.

In a moving account of his childhood in a Devonshire hamlet he recalls his family.

He describes his father, an Adventist preacher whose religious beliefs shaped Chester’s own moral and political creed. He also relates his first meeting with Nina...

Told with honesty and affection, it is a revealing insight into the complex character of Chester Nimmo.