Welcome to Wrexham! Victorian Wrexham. A period plump with possibilities for historical crime writers. And especially during Wrexham’s 1876 “Year of Wonder”. I settled here (originally from Liverpool), forty-five years ago with my Wrexham-born wife, Ann. When we both retired, some year later, I developed a passion for the town’s history and also … [Read more...] about A Love Letter to Wrexham
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2026 – Celebrating 150 Years of Wrexham’s Culture, Art and Industry
If we build it, they will come! And we'll be putting the first bricks in place on Wednesday 15th January in Wrexham Library at 2.30pm. That afternoon, the Library - through our annual literary festival with a difference – Wrexham's Carnival of Words – hosts a gathering for dozens of organisations, and individual "movers and shakers", to decide … [Read more...] about 2026 – Celebrating 150 Years of Wrexham’s Culture, Art and Industry
Jacobites in Ebsworth Novels
Jacobites crop up with alarming regularity within the pages of my books. From the time when James (Jacobus in Latin) the Second went into exile with the so-called “Glorious Revolution”, to be replaced by William of Orange, Britain was awash with plots and open armed rebellions aimed at restoring the Stuart monarchs to the throne. From a … [Read more...] about Jacobites in Ebsworth Novels
David Ebsworth – Author Events
David Ebsworth has built a reputation for lively and “not to be missed” stories about the untold background to his books, with subjects that include... 1884 - Wrexham's Victorian Mysteries: David Ebsworth chats about the sometimes weird factual background to his November 2024 novel, Death Along the Dee. The Wrexham Advertiser and all its … [Read more...] about David Ebsworth – Author Events
1867’s Raid On Chester Castle
Not strictly 1876 or Wrexham, but while I was researching the background to my second Wrexham Victorian crime novel, Death Along the Dee, I came across this slightly strange - and vaguely related - story. During the English Civil Wars, Royalist Chester (England, of course) had been besieged by Cromwell's Parliamentarians from July 1643 until … [Read more...] about 1867’s Raid On Chester Castle