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Wishing you all a Happy & Healthy 2021!!!
LATEST NEWS! Soon to be re-issued by the CONRAD PRESS, UK.
MARY NORTON:SOLDIER GIRL This is the story of a runaway girl who fought on both sides in the English Civil War. It's all there: love, war, sex, conflict and a happy end. 
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Also: three of my most recently published books.
VILLAINS OF YORE - a light-hearted but serious look at crime and criminals in Britain from the 14th century to the 1950s. Read about such 'orrible characters as Dick Turpin, Moll Cutpurse as well as the murderous pair: Burke & Hare and others. Published by Cranthorpe Millner, London
I, MASTER SHAKESPEARE: is a biographic novel about the Bard which is very suitable for all readers especially Young Adults. This illustrated book also contains a detailed Timeline of Shakespeare's life & a list of Places in the UK associated with his life and plays. Published by the Conrad Press, Canterbury, Kent.
"A colourful telling of the Shakespeare story in all its lively detail." Prof. David Crystal,WS scholar, writer & broadcaster.
EMMA HAMILTON:MISTRESS OF LAND AND SEA - is a biographic novel about Emma Hamilton, who by using her great looks and her brain rose from abject poverty to become Nelson's mistress and the envy of every young woman in England 200 years ago. Also published by the Conrad Press.
All of the above are available in Amazon Kindle & print.
VILLAINS OF YORE - a light-hearted but serious look at crime and criminals in Britain from the 14th century to the 1950s. Read about such 'orrible characters as Dick Turpin, Moll Cutpurse as well as the murderous pair: Burke & Hare and others. Published by Cranthorpe Millner, London
I, MASTER SHAKESPEARE: is a biographic novel about the Bard which is very suitable for all readers especially Young Adults. This illustrated book also contains a detailed Timeline of Shakespeare's life & a list of Places in the UK associated with his life and plays. Published by the Conrad Press, Canterbury, Kent.
"A colourful telling of the Shakespeare story in all its lively detail." Prof. David Crystal,WS scholar, writer & broadcaster.
EMMA HAMILTON:MISTRESS OF LAND AND SEA - is a biographic novel about Emma Hamilton, who by using her great looks and her brain rose from abject poverty to become Nelson's mistress and the envy of every young woman in England 200 years ago. Also published by the Conrad Press.
All of the above are available in Amazon Kindle & print.
Also read my two best-selling Tudor novels about King Henry VIII's 4th & 5th wives: ANNE OF CLEVES and CATHERINE HOWARD which have gained over 400! mainly positive reviews on Amazon and Goodreads.
Both published by Sharpe Books, London. Available on Amazon Kindle & print. 
GO SPY OUT THE LAND is a WW1 novel that tells the story how Harry Griffin, a motor-cycle dispatch rider, is injured in an accident and becomes a spy behind the lines and is then involved with a nurse who is also a spy.
Published by Ravenswood Publishing, USA. ENTRENCHED is my other WW1 novel. It tells the story of how John Mortimer, against his pacifist father's wishes, joins the army in the WW1. In addition to the mud and blood of the trenches, he finds Lisette and love. Published by Sharpe Books, London. Both of my WW1 novels are on Amazon Kindle & print |
 David Lawrence-Young
David Lawrence-Young is a retired English teacher and lecturer who has specialized in English and military history & Shakespeare for many years. He is also a published (USA) and exhibited (UK & Jerusalem) photographer. He plays the clarinet (badly) and is a committee member of the local History Society. He was the Chairman of the local Shakespeare Society (2008-14) and a regular contributor to "Forum," a magazine for English teachers, and "Skirmish," a military history journal. He is married and has two children and three grandchildren. He loves writing and researching and loves to travel. He has now finished writing a novel about the 17th century swashbuckling Colonel Blood which will be published in 2021. For a full list of my available books from Amazon, click: "d.lawrence-young" Don't forget to include the "" to find them all on the same page. . |
TWO BULLETS IN SARAJEVO tells two stories. It describes the lives of the six assassins who murdered the Austrian Archduke, Franz Ferdinand and his wife, Sophie, when they visited Sarajevo in June 1914.
It also tells the forbidden love story that occurred between the dour-faced, but passionate archduke, Franz Ferdinand, and his beautiful wife, Sophie. This led to their very happy marriage which was cut short after only 14 years. It was ended when two bullets in Sarajevo ripped into them, a murderous action that became the spark that lit the conflagration of the First World War.
Published by Ravenswood, USA and available on Amazon Kindle & print.
It also tells the forbidden love story that occurred between the dour-faced, but passionate archduke, Franz Ferdinand, and his beautiful wife, Sophie. This led to their very happy marriage which was cut short after only 14 years. It was ended when two bullets in Sarajevo ripped into them, a murderous action that became the spark that lit the conflagration of the First World War.
Published by Ravenswood, USA and available on Amazon Kindle & print.
WHO REALLY WROTE SHAKESPEARE? is a literary detective novel. Four academics set out to find if William Shakespeare really wrote the works attributed to his name. Trawling through libraries and travelling to sites in England associated with the Bard, they finally do come up with an answer which satisfies them but may surprise others.
Published by Ravenswood USA and available on Amazon Kindle & print.
Published by Ravenswood USA and available on Amazon Kindle & print.
Another of the mysteries connected with Shakespeare is why he left his wife, Anne Hathaway and his young children behind in Stratford-upon-Avon to come to London to become the world's most famous playwright? Did they not get on? Was he escaping from the law about a poaching incident? Did he have a secret mistress in London?
WELCOME TO LONDON MISTER SHAKESPEARE tries to explain why Shakespeare left home and what he did in London during his 'Lost Years.' Published by Ravenswood, USA &available on Amazon Kindle & print.
WELCOME TO LONDON MISTER SHAKESPEARE tries to explain why Shakespeare left home and what he did in London during his 'Lost Years.' Published by Ravenswood, USA &available on Amazon Kindle & print.
KING JOHN - TWO TIME LOSER is a biographical novel about the only English king who has been called 'the Bad King.' But was he really any worse than the other medieval kings who fought, killed, had many mistresses etc? Or is he considered bad because he fought the Church, who wrote the contemporary 'Chronicles'? Or was he considered a terrible ruler because he annoyed the barons who wanted everything their own way without any royal interference?
Published by Ravenswood, USA. Available on Amazon Kindle and print.
Published by Ravenswood, USA. Available on Amazon Kindle and print.
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SIX MILLION ACCUSERS is a docu-novel describing how the Israeli secret service - the Mossad - learned that the top Nazi and architect of the Holocaust, Adolf Eichmann, was hiding out in Buenos Aires 15 years after WW2. After catching him, he was smuggled back to Israel to stand trial for his inhuman deeds, found guilty and hanged in 1962. This story is based on the facts and is told from the viewpoint of one of the Mossad agents who captured this evil man. This book has gained many very positive reviews on Amazon & Goodreads.
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ARROWS OVER AGINCOURT tells the story of how in the summer of 1415, Tom and Davey, join the army of Henry V as archers. They survive the long debilitating battle and disease at Harfleur, "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more." They then have to slog their way through north-east France to take part in one of England's most famous victories at Agincourt.
This book has been written with Young Adults in mind and serves as a good introduction to Shakespeare's Henry V. Published by Sharpe Books. London.
This book has been written with Young Adults in mind and serves as a good introduction to Shakespeare's Henry V. Published by Sharpe Books. London.
Mary Broad, her husband, Will, and several other prisoners decide to risk their lives and escape from the Botany Bay convict colony. Taking her baby children, Mary and the escapees steal a small boat and sail away from their hated prison camp. They battle stormy and shark-infested seas, angry natives, hunger and thirst but eventually reach freedom in Batavia (Indonesia). But while thinking they are now safe, one of them betrays the others and they are thrown into prison once again.
AWAY AWAY FROM BOTANY BAY tells their story which is based on the truth and has been written for Young Adults. It tells how some of them eventually succeeded in defying a vengeful government to find freedom at last.
AWAY AWAY FROM BOTANY BAY tells their story which is based on the truth and has been written for Young Adults. It tells how some of them eventually succeeded in defying a vengeful government to find freedom at last.
