The Mirror and the Swan (Paperback or Softback)

EVIL NEVER DIES

IT ALWAYS SNEAKS BACK WHEN MANKIND LEAST EXPECTS IT

WICKEDNESS SUBTLY MODIFIES ITS FORM, CHANGES NAMES AND SOLIDIFIES IN AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PLACE: BUT MALEVOLENCE CAN NEVER BE ENTIRELY ERADICATED.

EVIL CAN NEVER BE WHIPPED AWAY

IT IS PART OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE: PART OF THE HUMAN MIND THAT, AFTER EVERY HOLLOW VICTORY, SIMPLY EVAPORATES FROM SIGHT BEFORE EVENTUALLY RETURNING TO PLAGUE MANKIND- BUT ONLY AFTER BEING TRANSFORMED INTO SOMETHING A HUNDRED TIMES MORE SINISTER.

BECOMING A MARTYR NEVER PROVES AN INDIVIDUAL’S MATURITY OR METTLE.

IT’S BEING PREPARED TO SACRIFICE OUR ALL AND EVERYTHING. WHAT WE LOVE OR CHERISH ULTIMATELY DETERMINES AND EVENTUALLY REVEALS A PERSON’S TRUE CHARACTER.

WHAT WE ARE PREPARED TO BELIEVE – TO LIVE FOR – STAND FOR IN THE FACE OF DEATH EVERY LONELY DAY OF LIFE,

THOSE ARE THE ONLY THINGS IN THIS WORLD EVER REALLY WORTH DYING FOR

EDICTS EMBODIED BY WHAT WE HOLD AND SEE:

THE MIRROR AND THE SWAN

W.B BAKER WAS PRESENTED THE QUEENS GOLDEN JUBILEE MEDAL AT THE COMMAND OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II, UPON RECEIVING THE COMMENDATION OF HIS GRACE, THE MOST REVEREND AND RIGHT HONOURABLE DR ROWAN WILLIAMS, ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY, IN RECOGNITION FOR OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MONARCHY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM.

APPOINTMENT TO THE MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE OCCURRED IN 2010, WHEN DR BAKER RECEIVED AN HONOURARY MBE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO LITERATURE.

THE AUTHOR HAS BEEN CONVEYED THE ANCESTRAL LORDSHIP AWARDED HIS 23^RD GREAT-GRANDFATHER, BARON WILLIAM DE LA ZOUCHE OF BEDFORDSHIRE, IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD 1324 DURING THE REIGN OF KING EDWARD II ACCORDINGLY ACKNOWLEDGED UNDER ENGLISH TITLE LAW AS THE LEGITIMATE AND RIGHTFUL LORD OF THORNBURY.

FURTHER ACCOLADES INCLUDE A SENATE RESOLUTION IN HIS HONOUR (UNITED STATES) AND A CONGRESSIONAL TRIBUTE FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES IN WASHINGTON, DC