1666 And All That
Here we are, then: the week that sees the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, and the very day of publication for Death’s Bright Angel, the new Quinton book set against the backdrop of that cataclysmic event! I don’t intend to do another ‘sales pitch’ for the book here, but if you haven’t heard about […]
Incoming Angel, Part 2
The publication of Death’s Bright Angel, the new Quinton novel, is getting ever closer, so here’s another ‘teaser trailer’ for the book! This describes the destruction of the Dutch merchant shipping in the Vlie anchorage on 9 and 10 August 1666 (Old Style; 19 and 20 August on the calendar used by the Dutch, so the […]
A Darker Angel
Last week, I posted the first few pages of the fictional plot of Death’s Bright Angel as a ‘teaser trailer’ for the book’s forthcoming publication. But as I’ve mentioned before, this title is actually ‘two books in one’, with the second part being a detailed historical analysis of the evidence surrounding the outbreak of the Great Fire. […]
Incoming Angel!
Well, it’s August, which means the publication of Death’s Bright Angel, the latest Matthew Quinton adventure, is ever more imminent! To mark both this and the fast approaching 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London, which forms the backdrop to the climactic chapters of the book, here’s the first ‘teaser trailer’ – yes, the first […]
