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A Simple Mistake threatens to turn the world upside down. Where fact meets fiction, read about the emergence of our modern nation.

We woke to the mountains, the three of us lying on blankets and rugs in the back of a Mini Traveller. We loved the wooden trim and putt-putt of the little engine. We had all fallen asleep at different times during the night, all stating to be the last to drop off. Our...

Searching for the ideal Christmas gift for someone with a thirst for Historical Fiction, adventure and intrigue? Looking for that something extra in a gift? Look no further! Signed Copies available!!! The first three novels in the Dorset Chronicles series follow the...

A few months ago, Agnes and Vera in Sturminster Newton agreed to take copies of my Dorset Chronicles series. They leaped ahead of more regular bookshops in sales volume and I am delighted now that they have asked me to do a book signing on November 1st between 5pm and...

“is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help me God.” “You don’t deny you wielded the axe, severing his head from his body?” “I did.” “Was the victim known to you?” “I am the victim.” “Was the other party known to you?” “Not until the night of the...

This book is in final proofread and will be released on Thursday 16th August. It is Book 3 of the Dorset Chronicles. The first two books, A New Lease on Freedom and It Takes a Rogue, dealt very much with historical fiction in my region of the world - Dorset. They had...

Here's the back cover write up to A Simple Mistake, book 3 in the Dorset Chronicles, Historical Fiction set when our modern nation was forged:   Anyone can make a mistake…   Believing himself spurned by the woman he loves, Thomas Davenport leaves Dorset,...

hi, here are the opening 700 words of A Simple Mistake, book three in the Dorset Chronicles series: Chapter 1 It was a simple mistake to make. He had thought it Wednesday when it was only Tuesday. But it had enormous consequences. Thomas went to Bagber Manor, as he...

Day: Sunday 28th July Time 11am to noon British Summer Time Terry Bennett of Radio Abbey 104 has asked me to do Folk Tales, similar to Desert Island Discs. So alongside my favourite records, I'll be talking a little bit about what brought me to writing, my background...

Don't make the simple mistake of forgetting to order A Simple Mistake! Book 3 in the Dorset Chronicles series will be out in a couple of weeks. A Simple Mistake is set in 1689. Thomas and Matthew Davenport go to Ireland separately and for very different reasons. They...