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William the Conquerer – Problem Child
Imagine a baby boy – call him Baby W – born to an unmarried 16 year-old girl, known as ‘H’ from a working-class background. The baby’s father, ‘R’ comes from a wealthy, powerful family in which power is maintained by the ruthless use of violence: a gang culture, essentially. R agrees to support and eventually…
David Churchill Talks to Alex Kleinberg
David Churchill spoke to writer, Alex Klineberg, about DEVIL and the world of incredible violence, powerful women and battling dynasties that inspired it.
The Funeral That Wasn’t
Novel-writing is an extended exercise in creative decision making. You start out with a blank page or screen, like a block of stone that a sculptor has yet to touch. And just as that sculptor looks at his block, pondering where to place his chisel and hammer for the first blow, so a writer…
THE LEOPARDS OF NORMANDY: What to expect
Book. 1: The Devil And His Bastard Son Robert of Normandy is a young man in a hurry. He’s handsome, brave, impetuous and he’s just seized Normandy’s mightiest castle. But Robert has an older brother, Richard. He’s the Duke of Normandy. He wants his castle back and he’ll take it by force if he has…