Tag Archives: Colin Falconer

A GREAT LOVE OF SMALL PROPORTION

Posted on February 24, 2016 by [email protected]

  My big book with CoolGus is released this year on May 10!! It’s called A GREAT LOVE OF SMALL PROPORTION. I’m really excited about this one … We’ve just released the trailer.   And if you’re on my newsletter … Continue reading →

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STAND UP HISTORY FROM BEEFEATER BILL

Posted on February 17, 2016 by [email protected]

If only they taught history like this when I was at school I would have shown an interest much sooner … A few months ago I showed a video of Beefeater Bill Callaghan showing a group of tourists around the … Continue reading →

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THE ANSWERS TO THE FUTURE ARE IN THE PAST

Posted on December 11, 2015 by [email protected]

Now although I write historical novels, I don’t write about history as such, and I have no especial fondness for the past. I write stories, and as such I am interested in people, and why we do what we do, … Continue reading →

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READ RAGE

Posted on October 30, 2015 by [email protected]
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BATAVIA: THE CRUISE OF A LIFETIME

Posted on September 7, 2015 by [email protected]

SAIL THE BATAVIA! 220 DAYS AND 219 NIGHTS CRUISING TO THE SPICE ISLANDS! HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE MUTINY, RAPE, 80.06% CHANCE OF BEING MURDERED OR DROWNED AND GLORIOUS SUNSETS! They didn’t have travel agents in the seventeenth century but if they had, … Continue reading →

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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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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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I WAS GOING TO WRITE A LONG POST ON NOT BEING LAZY BUT I CAN’T BE BOTHERED

Posted on January 13, 2015 by [email protected]

Last night at dinner my sister in law accused my brother of being lazy. ‘I am not lazy,’ he said. ‘I AM NOT LAZY! … I just can’t be bothered.’ I hope that clears up any confusion. Oh bro, you’re … Continue reading →

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Doh! Did I just do that?

Posted on December 10, 2014 by [email protected]

Doh! So if your inbox was inundated with Colin Falconer blog posts on Monday, I apologize. My bad. I was housekeeping the blog, editing a few old posts and I pressed the publish instead of the update button. How did … Continue reading →

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INDIA: THE SERIOUS SIDE OF A SILLY WALK

Posted on November 25, 2014 by [email protected]

All this talk about guardsmen falling over reminded me of India - and a visit I once made to the headquarters for the Ministry of Silly Walks. I was staying in Amritsar and the travel desk at my hotel convinced … Continue reading →

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