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Military Thriller Book Group Q&A
Thanks to the Military Thriller Book Group for featuring me in their author Q&A this week! If you don’t already follow the group, check them out on Facebook. Over the past week they have been running a series of Q&As with authors who feature “non-traditional protagonists”. Given how rarely the Merchant Navy takes centre-stage in…
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In Danger’s Hour audiobook out now!
Fantastic to see the audiobook of IN DANGER’S HOUR out now. This is the second book in the Romulus Hutchinson Naval Adventure series: action-packed, authentic historical fiction following twins fighting with the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy in #ww2. https://getbook.at/InDangersHour
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Coming soon – Walking Wiltshire’s Chalklands
Coming soon – WALKING WILTSHIRE’S CHALKLANDS explores accessible circular walks around the county’s stunning downland environment. Following on from Walking the White Horses and Walking the Standing Stones – once again the reader will be taken on a lyrical meander through the natural wonders of southern England’s chalk downland environment, its people, heritage and wildlife.…
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Germany research trip film – In Search of a Character
I had an amazing few days in Germany, researching my forthcoming novel series about the U-boat aces of the two world wars. Below is a short film I made about the experience: In Search of a Character – the hunt for the U-boat aces:
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Germany research trip – finding the landscape of the U-boat aces
I’m heading off on a solo trip to Germany, to do some research for the first novel in my forthcoming series about the U-boat aces of the two world wars. Progress on book one in the new series is going very well – I have read my way through a ridiculously towering pile of books…
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OUT NOW: The Restless Wave – A Gripping WWII Seafaring Saga
THE RESTLESS WAVE is out now! 1942 – Twin brothers Romulus and Remus Hutchinson are caught up in the ongoing battle for control of the seas. Rom is now a first lieutenant, rapidly getting the chance to show his mettle on the bridge, seeing action in the Mediterranean for the Allied landings at Sicily and…
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‘Blood, toil, tears and sweat’ – words that steeled a nation
Eighty six years on from Churchill’s “blood, toil, tears and sweat” speech, David Clensy has been looking back at Churchill’s first speech as Prime Minister On 13 May 1940, Winston Churchill stood before the House of Commons for the first time as Prime Minister. Britain was at war, but it was a war already slipping…
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Ten things you may not know about Operation Husky
Ahead of the publication of The Restless Wave, David Clensy takes a closer look at Operation Husky – the Allied invasion of Sicily In the summer of 1943, as Allied planners searched for a way to prise open Fortress Europe, a sun‑drenched Mediterranean island became the focus of one of the most ambitious amphibious assaults of the Second…
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For Those In Peril audiobook – out now!
Fantastic to see the For Those In Peril audiobook released! This is the first book in the Romulus Hutchinson Naval Adventure series: action-packed, authentic historical adventures following Liverpudlian twin brothers fighting with the Royal Navy and the Merchant Navy during the Second World War. As a massive fan of audiobooks, it’s hugely exciting for me…
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Naval drama: Amateur theatricals in the Royal Navy during WWII
Ahead of the publication of The Restless Wave, David Clensy takes a closer look at the tradition of amateur theatricals aboard Royal Navy ships Life aboard a Royal Navy vessel during the Second World War was a study in contrasts. Sailors faced long stretches of monotony punctuated by moments of intense danger. In this environment, morale was as…
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