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The Wicked Shore

Vol i: The Queen of Chantilly

The English adventuress Sophie Dawes (1790-1840) caused a great scandal on either side of the English channel. Part One of this fictionalised memoir takes her from the Newport workhouse to the sumptuous Château de Chantilly, where she ‘reigned’ as the Baroness de Feuchères. 

Vol ii: The Wicked Shore

Part Two of Sophie’s memoir traces her picaresque adventures in Paris with the mysterious Barry London, and the gradual recapture of her duke. After the luxury of Chantilly came the scandal of Bourbon’s mysterious death.   
 

The Fall of Babylon

(19th century France: 
– Harlotry
A dying Cora Pearl recalls her years in the twilight world of Second Empire France. 
– Revolution
A timid young reformist exorcises his demons while striving for social change. 
– War
A fifteen-year-old illiterate goes to war with dreams of love. 
Three characters on journeys of discovery through the Franco-Prussian war, the siege of Paris and the Paris Commune.                     
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The Raft of the Medusa

2016. Tax accountant Roger Banwell’s world changes when he meets the mysterious Sam(antha) Cox, discovers his best friend works for British Intelligence, and finds himself investigating evil deeds in a French migrant centre.
 
When Nick Mulholland learns that his long-lost daughter has been killed in a bomb blast, his investigations churn up memories of a dubious past as life-threatening consequences reach into his present.
 
This, my first novel, resembles a turkey on Christmas Eve, staggering on in hopes of a final reprieve.