These are the stories of men and women who you have probably never heard of, most of them anyway. Faith Cook with her usual easy to read style, introduces us to these people and shows how their sometimes quite short lives, influenced those around them. Charles Dickens’ favourite sister, John Bunyan’s irrepressible friend, to a personal tribute to Patricia St John, who most have heard of. At the end of the book is suggested further reading if what is told here has awakened your interest in any particular character. Without the work of those like Faith Cook, the lives of these, our forefathers, would disappear into obscurity. Thank you Faith.