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'Conquest' Paperback now available for order
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- Created on Saturday, 19 May 2012 00:10
- By David Hayes
The Paperback version of Conquest by Julian Stockwin is now available.
It was released in the UK on 10 May 2012 and will be published in the US on 1 October 2012.
'Enemies at Every Turn' Paperback now available for order
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- Created on Thursday, 17 May 2012 00:10
- By David Hayes
The Paperback version of Enemies at Every Turn by David Donachie is now available for pre-order worldwide. It is due to be published in 15 November 2012.
An Interview with J. D. Davies
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- Created on Wednesday, 09 May 2012 00:00
- By David Hayes
Historic Naval Fiction is pleased to have obtained an Interview with J. D. Davies on the release of his new book in theJournals of Matthew Quinton, The Blast That Tears The Skies.
What can you tell us about Matthew Quinton's new adventures in The Blast That Tears the Skies, without spoiling the plot for readers?
The Blast That Tears The Skies, the third book in the series, is set in the year 1665 and places Matthew, his friends and family, at the heart of several real events, notably the terrible plague in London and the battle of Lowestoft, the first fleet action of the second Anglo-Dutch wars and one of the great epics of the age of sail. Many real figures of the Restoration age appear in the book, notably King Charles II, John Evelyn and Samuel Pepys. The story also includes some shocking revelations about his family's past and a showdown with the scheming seductress who has married his brother, the Earl of Ravensden.
An Interview with B. N. Peacock
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- Created on Monday, 09 April 2012 00:00
- By David Hayes
Historic Naval Fiction is pleased to have obtained an Interview with B. N. Peacock on the release of her new book, the first in The Great War series, A Tainted Dawn.
What can you tell us about your new book A Tainted Dawn, without spoiling the plot for the readers?
A Tainted Dawn plays on Wordsworth's famous quote about the start of the French Revolution:
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive
But to be young was very heaven!
It was the dawn of an age when utopia seemed there for the taking. Equality of all men and freedom were heady stuff, but the old class systems and national rivalries remained very much in place. England and Spain were ready to go to war over trading rights in the Pacific Northwest , with France likely to side with its old ally Spain against its old enemy England. Then there is the private war between aristocratic English Edward and French law student turned revolutionary Louis, with working class English Jemmy caught in between. Simultaneously, the three struggle to define their manhood and come to grips with what man, manhood, and equality mean. In the end, youthful dreams and idealism clash with reality, threatening to taint the dawn of their young lives—with blood.
