by David West | Oct 29, 2022 | News
I didn’t treat Raleigh sympathetically in The Spy who Sank the Armada. Sir Anthony Standen was working for Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, and Essex and Raleigh were rivals. Putting that rivalry aside, there is much to like about Raleigh. Raleigh was a consummate...
by David West | Oct 28, 2022 | News
Giveaway? Yes, I have some promo codes for my audiobooks. The first two books in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures are now available as audiobooks on Audible, Amazon, and iTunes. They are: The Spy who Sank the Armada, and Fire and Earth. The Spy who Sank the Armada...
by David West | Oct 27, 2022 | News
I have two pieces of news. Firstly, the second book in the series, Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, Fire and Earth, is now available as an audiobook. Together with the first book, The Spy who Sank the Armada, they’re available on Audible and iTunes. The third book, The...
by David West | Oct 25, 2022 | News
We visited the British Library last week, and I bought Tales from Shakespeare, by Charles and Mary Lamb. The book features in the wonderful book and film, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Following yesterday’s post about misogyny, I can’t help...
by David West | Oct 24, 2022 | News
Misogyny is defined in the Oxford English Dictionary as, dislike of, contempt for, or ingrained prejudice against women. Talking of Oxford, since conducting research for Fire and Earth, I have had to admonish my alma mater (university, school, or college one formerly...
by David West | Oct 23, 2022 | News
Following on from artists and composers of Sir Anthony Standen’s lifetime, I concentrate today on writers. I’m looking at writers active between 1547 and 1627. I think we all know where we have to start. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) is widely regarded as...
