I've had lots of questions about building the world for The House on Hunter Street (2022). First, I was lucky enough to be invited to the Cheshire premiere for the stunning new movie, The Colour Room, telling the story of Clarice Cliff. Our thanks to Heidi Chapman for the invitation and for her hard work in organising the event as a fundraiser … [Read more...] about Liverpool 1911 – Building the World of Suffragettes and Strikers
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Amado Granell Mesado, the Spanish Republican who helped liberate Paris
Real-life Amado Granell plays a big part in A Betrayal of Heroes alongside our fictional Jack Telford – and readers have been asking for more about him. Well, here’s the full story… In Alicante lives a man called Miguel Ángel Pérez Oca. He’s 77 now. A famous science teacher, writer and illustrator of books on astronomy and other subjects. Author … [Read more...] about Amado Granell Mesado, the Spanish Republican who helped liberate Paris
Foreign Language in Historical Novels – and a Mention for Esperanto
Three Ways to Use Foreign Language in Novels It was my second novel, The Assassin’s Mark. The story took my main character, journalist Jack Telford, to Spain. Towards the end of the Spanish Civil War. Jack had learned some French. Some Spanish as well. And so, to give the novel colour, I used the “normal” three ways to sensibly introduce some … [Read more...] about Foreign Language in Historical Novels – and a Mention for Esperanto
The Jack Telford Novels
Three books now in the Jack Telford series. Pretty much standalone novels, though they do follow on, one from the other. Action and intrigue at the end of the Spanish Civil War. The Assassin's Mark The first, The Assassin's Mark, sees journalist Jack sent by his editor (Sydney Elliott of Reynold's News) to Spain in September 1938. Why? To check … [Read more...] about The Jack Telford Novels
Nine Things You (Maybe) Didn’t Know About Jack Telford
Jack Telford’s début came with The Assassin’s Mark, set towards the end of 1938. His second set of misadventures were detailed in Until the Curtain Falls, during the final months of the Spanish Civil War, early in 1939. Next, A Betrayal of Heroes follows Jack’s developing career as a war correspondent from 1939 until 1945. And, finally, the … [Read more...] about Nine Things You (Maybe) Didn’t Know About Jack Telford