The Butterfly Bee Lady - Part 2

ig Oliver

ISBN 10: 1528901266 / ISBN 13: 9781528901260

Published by Austin Macauley Publishers, 2019

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Bumps on corners* Crease on cover and a few pages*.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Butterfly Bee Lady - Part 2
• Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1528901266
• ISBN 13: 9781528901260
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis

Bee, the daughter of the Butterfly Bee Lady - first introduced in The Butterfly Bee Lady and the Bee - continues her journey in this new tale by ig Oliver. During her adventures, Bee meets a wide range of fascinating characters, many of whom become her new companions. All the while she finds herself pursued by malevolent forces who want to take away her secret magic: the living pollen crystal stone. As she undergoes many changes, Bee begins to understand who she is. She realises that she holds an awesome power; one greater than time itself, over which she may have no control…

About the Author

The author, ig Oliver, has worked all around the world as a chef. Born in rural Northamptonshire in the '60s with three siblings and hardworking parents. Finishing his school years in Leicestershire and then catering college in Derbyshire, continuing his young working career in the surrounding restaurants and hotels. He then moved to London securing work for King Hussain of Jordan in the early '90s in Palace gardens, but declined an offer to work in their palace in Aqaba. He was later offered work in Switzerland, America and Europe and Russia cooking and working for various celebrities, palaces, chateaus and embassies, for the likes of Asher Edelman the real Gordon Gekko from the movie Wall Street portrayed by Michael Douglas. Then cooking for Kirk Douglas later through Lord Hanson, Brigadier Landon the White Sheik, Lord Heseltine, The American Embassy Geneva. Prime ministers, presidents, politicians and many of the Royal Family. By this time in the late '90s, he was working as house manager and executive chef in Moscow, Russia overseeing the catering of the first state visit by HRH Elizabeth II in Moscow. Afterwards receiving an award in the Kremlin by the queen. He continues his work as a chef today and has proved himself to be a world class chef, but now he puts pen to paper to apply a skill he has kept on the backburner for most of his career as a chef. Although having done many fine oil paintings and portraits in his spare time, he now uses these skills to draw up his own beautiful illustrations to help tell the stories he has so well conjured up through his remarkable imagination and experiences.