Monthly Archives: May 2015

COLOSSUS - what if Alexander the Great had not died young?

Posted on May 27, 2015 by [email protected]

“What if Alexander the Great had not died so young?” My publisher, Anthony Cheetham, started with that throwaway line over dinner in London one night a few years ago. The idea stuck. So today COLOSSUS is being published in hardback … Continue reading →

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GENGHIS COMPANY - HOW THE WEST LOOTED ASIA

Posted on May 25, 2015 by [email protected]

This is a story about how a vast multi-national corporation used a western nation’s military muscle to economically rape the country it had ‘liberated’. Halliburton? Sirco? No, though you’re warm. We’re talking the great granddaddy of them all - ladies … Continue reading →

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FAILURE, SUCCESS AND THE WRITING LIFE

Posted on May 21, 2015 by [email protected]

I found some great quotes about writing recently on a great little blog called Bang2Write. Here are some of them - and my own thoughts on how they apply to the writing life. ON STARTING OUT “You don’t start out … Continue reading →

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10 CIVILIZATIONS YOU NEVER HEARD OF

Posted on May 20, 2015 by [email protected]
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THE MOST DANGEROUS AIRPORT IN THE WORLD

Posted on May 9, 2015 by [email protected]

Once, it was the most dangerous airport in the world. I was reminded of it yesterday, while researching the third book in my Madeleine Fox crime series. The novel is set in the nineties, just before the British gave up … Continue reading →

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