Ancasta
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Exciting News ~ Released today on Kindle
The scene is set, for this mid 19th century novella, in North East Scotland in the small village of Dunphail. The story leads us to the Channel Island of Alderney, off the coast of Cherbourg. This is my parents’ novella, edited by myself, released in memory of them both. It is the prequel to Riduna…
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Arthur John William Jackson (b:1927) and Patricia Jackson (b:1932 ne Green)
Isn’t it heart warming looking at photos of parents when they were young or when they were married! Following on with my series of blog posts on my family history and how it has influenced my writing, we have reached Mum and Dad. They were both brought up in the Southampton area and were married…
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World War One Heroes ~ a Personal Tribute
As we arrive at the final days of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War One I would like to make a personal tribute to my Grandfather and Great Uncles. On 6th August 1918 Raymond Jackson (who the family called Tom) of the 3rd Dragoon Guards died as a prisoner of war in…
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Is your favourite character in a novel always the protagonist?
This question was posed to me the other day and got me thinking. Even in my own writing my favourite character isn’t always the protagonist. In ‘Riduna‘ for example, my first novel ~ historical fiction set on the island of Alderney in the Victorian era, Harriet, the protagonist, is key to every part of the…
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Murder Mystery Virtual Tour of Bedfordshire no4 ~ The Shuttleworth Collection, Biggleswade
As we explore Bedfordshire together as part of my murder mystery virtual tour we will pause a while at The Shuttleworth Collection, a place that influenced my second novel ‘Ancasta – Guide me Swiftly Home’ and also features in my third novel ‘Murder, now and then.’ The museum is a comprehensive collection of aircraft including…
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In WW1 Victor returns injured to Riduna (Alderney) ~ the island of his birth
In Ancasta Guide me Swiftly Home I have tried to tell less well known tales of the Great War. Having said that, each of the Newton family from Woolston, Southampton played plausible roles in WW1 taking them as far as Turkey and even India. Here Victor, an injured soldier, returns to Riduna (Alderney) the island…