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2 The freezing wind came howling off the North Sea baring vicious teeth. It rushed over hedge and wall driving life out of all living things. It drove snow up the estuary of the River Stour to the town of Manningtree and slammed frozen flakes onto every surface that got in the way. It scythed round the houses, cutting through cracks and gaps, making the flames on tallow candles shiver and shrink. Christ’s Mass of 1644 had been celebrated barely two weeks earlier and yet the winter got w...

Dear Laurence Outlined below is my second novel, Cape Crusader, that I would like you to consider representing. Cape Crusader is a blend of history, action and comedy; Young Winston with generous pinches of Bond and Bean. It is a mixture of fact and fiction and is the second volume in a series I am writing. The book is set in 1899 at the zenith of Empire and takes the reader from England to Cape Town in what was then called Cape Province. From there we travel by train across the Great Karoo ...

Dear Susanna Outlined below is my first novel Cairo To Khartoum that I would like you to consider representing. Cairo To Khartoum is a blend of history, action and comedy; Young Winston with generous pinches of Bond and Bean. The book is set in 1898 at the height of Empire and takes the reader across the Mediterranean, up the Nile and across the baking sands of the Sudan with General Kitchener as he prepares for the decisive battle against the Dervish Horde at Omdurman. Into this arena are th...

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