Bernard Treves’s Boots – Part 1 Welcome to the first official podcast of The Windy Valley Digest. Today’s episode is the first of a 17 part series from the Laurence Clarke Novel “Bernard Treves’s Boots” ------------------------------------------------------------- Show Notes Links The Windy Valley Digest: https://www.windyvalleydigest.com Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063831440969 Visit, “like” and “follow” to get up to date news and information about The Windy Valley Digest. YouTube Channel: https://www.windyvalleybookshelf.com Watch our illustrated audio books. Don’t forget to hit the thumbs up, subscribe and click the bell icon to be notified when new videos are available. Rumble Channel: https://rumble.com/c/TWVBSII?e9s=src_v1_sa Credits Readers Bernard Treves’s Boots David Wales Audio from librivox.org Enzo Valentini David Wales Audio from librivox.org Host Vince Cowley Sources Enzo Valentini’s letter and related information Dawnon, N.P. (1918) The Good Soldier; A Selection of Soldiers’ Letters 1914-1918. New York, USA: The Macmillian Company. Bernard Treves’s Boots Clarke, L. (1920) Bernard Treves’s Boots; A Novel of the Secret Service. London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton Limited. Music “The Story” by Alexander Nakarada (www.serpentsoundstudios.com) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ /edited from the original.

Welcome to The Windy Valley Digest Podcast! Today’s podcast is episode number two and we continue with our 17 part series of Laurence Clarke’s novel of the secret service. In our last episode, John Manton agreed to take on the identity of Bernard Treves in order to pay back money that disappeared while in his keeping. The method of payment as well as the details of the assignment remain a mystery. Perhaps we will find out more in chapters 3 and 4 of “Bernard Treves’s Boots. Show Notes Links The Windy Valley Digest: https://www.windyvalleydigest.com Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063831440969 Visit, “like” and “follow” to get up to date news and information about The Windy Valley Digest . YouTube Channel. https://www.windyvalleybookshelf.com Watch our illustrated audio books. Don’t forget to hit the thumbs up, subscribe and click the bell icon to be notified when new videos are available. Rumble Channel: https://rumble.com/c/TWVBSII?e9s=src_v1_sa Credits Readers Bernard Treves’s Boots David Wales Audio from librivox.org Unknown French Soldier David Wales Audio from librivox.org Host Vince Cowley Sources Unknown French Soldier’s letter and related information Dawnon, N.P. (1918) The Good Soldier; A Selection of Soldiers’ Letters 1914-1918. New York, USA: The Macmillian Company. Bernard Treves’s Boots Clarke, L. (1920) Bernard Treves’s Boots; A Novel of the Secret Service. London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton Limited. Music “The Story” by Alexander Nakarada( https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ /edited from the original.

In Episode 6 of the Windy Valley Digest Podcast, a voice from the Great War meets a tale of espionage and mistaken identity. Both shed light on the hidden struggles of courage and deception. Join us as history and fiction intertwine—where a letter carries quiet strength, and a secret mission plunges deeper into shadows. Discover more lost and unforgettable stories at https://www.windyvalleydigest.com Show Notes Links The Windy Valley Digest: https://www.windyvalleydigest.com Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063831440969 Visit, “like” and “follow” to get up to date news and information about The Windy Valley Digest . YouTube Channel. https://www.windyvalleybookshelf.com Watch our illustrated audio books. Don’t forget to hit the thumbs up, subscribe and click the bell icon to be notified when new videos are available. Rumble Channel: https://rumble.com/c/TWVBSII?e9s=src_v1_sa Credits Readers Bernard Treves’s Boots David Wales Audio from librivox.org Unknown French Soldier David Wales Audio from librivox.org Host Vince Cowley Sources Robert Le Roux's letter and related information Dawnon, N.P. (1918) The Good Soldier; A Selection of Soldiers’ Letters 1914-1918. New York, USA: The Macmillian Company. Additional information on Robert Le Roux Hugues Le Roux (1918) On the Field of Honor. Boston and New York Houghton Mifflin Company Bernard Treves’s Boots Clarke, L. (1920) Bernard Treves’s Boots; A Novel of the Secret Service. London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton Limited. Music “The Story” by Alexander Nakarada( https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ /edited from the original.

Some stories remind us of peace in chaos. Others drag us into the peril of lives lived on a knife’s edge. This episode of The Windy Valley Digest podcast delivers both, pairing Horatio Spafford’s hymn of faith, written in the shadow of grief, with the suspense-filled espionage of Bernard Treves’ Boots. Listen and discover how different lives, real and imagined, ask the same question: how do we endure when everything is at stake? Discover more lost and unforgettable stories at https://www.windyvalleydigest.com Show Notes Links The Windy Valley Digest: https://www.windyvalleydigest.com Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063831440969 Visit, “like” and “follow” to get up to date news and information about The Windy Valley Digest . YouTube Channel. https://www.windyvalleybookshelf.com Watch our illustrated audio books. Don’t forget to hit the thumbs up, subscribe and click the bell icon to be notified when new videos are available. Rumble Channel: https://rumble.com/c/TWVBSII?e9s=src_v1_sa Credits Readers Bernard Treves’s Boots David Wales Audio from librivox.org Unknown French Soldier David Wales Audio from librivox.org Host Vince Cowley Sources Bernard Treves’s Boots Clarke, L. (1920) Bernard Treves’s Boots; A Novel of the Secret Service. London, UK: Hodder and Stoughton Limited. Information On Horatio Gates Spafford Church of Christ Discipleship. (n.d.). Horatio Gates Spafford: The story behind the hymn “It is well with my soul.” Retrieved September 16, 2025, from https://www.cocdiscipleship.org/middle-ages/horatio-gates-spafford-the-story-behind-the-hymn-it-is-well-with-my-soul/ Additional information on Horatio Gates Spafford. It Is Well with My Soul” – Wikipedia. Accessed September 16, 2025. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Is_Well_with_My_Soul Music “The Story” by Alexander Nakarada( https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ /edited from the original. "It Is Well with My Soul" by Horatio Gates Spafford, performed by Anastasia Chubarova. Accessed September 16, 2025. https://pixabay.com/users/music_for_videos-26992513/