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Holding my annual #Shakespeare Sale, Apr 21-25!If you are...

Holding my annual #Shakespeare Sale, Apr 21-25!

If you are in the US or the UK, THE JESUIT LETTER is available for $.99 & BLACK DOG is FREE!


http://amzn.to/2cURPlk

Shakespeare at the Movies: Ran

Ran (1985)Director: Akira Kurosawa
Stars: Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu


“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. 
They kill us for their sport.” -Shakespeare, King Lear
Ran is one of acclaimed director Akira Kurosawa’s most visually stunning films. An epic, bloody, colourful, and apocalyptic piece of celluloid, the film garnered Oscar nominations for Best Director, Art Direction, Cinematography, and Costume Design (won!).

Ran (the Japanese word for “Chaos”) is loosely b...

Discovered Diamond!

Good news!

THE JESUIT LETTER has been deemed a "Discovered Diamond" in a new review site called, naturally enough, Discovering Diamonds.

Go take a look, check out the review, and I recommend sticking around and reading some of the other reviews because there is lots of good histfic on display.

Review: The Bernicia Chronicles – Matthew Harffy

I’ve been hugely remiss in my book reviews in the last year. So as my act of contrition, I’m giving you a three-for-one and reviewing Matthew Harffy’s excellent, shieldwall-busting series, The Bernicia Chronicles.

The Bernicia Chronicles encompasses the familiar world of post-Roman Britain, replete with war-ravaged kingdoms and piecemeal domains. Savaged by warbands and raiders, rife with violence, alliances, shifting allegiances, and nascent Christianity, the series dives deep into the chaos...

#AmWriting

Achievement unlocked!

"Tyburn cursed aloud, first in English & then in his best gutter Dutch, something he usually reserved only for special affronts."

50,000 words done on THIEVES CASTLE!

All downhill from here!

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Start 2017 Right!

A little promo, to start the #NewYear right:

BLACK DOG is FREE on #Kindle from Jan 3 -7, 2017!


http://amzn.to/2iAYsez 

Happy Holidays!

Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Shakespeare at the Movies: Forbidden Planet

Forbidden Planet (1956)


Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Stars: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen


“This thing of darkness I 
acknowledge mine.”
– Shakespeare, The Tempest

Forbidden Planet is bit off my usual beaten track for Shakespearean films.

The movie retells Shakespeare’s The Tempest, replacing Prospero’s magical isle with the strange and mysterious Altair IV, once home to an ancient and long-defunct race of alien beings called the Krell. Marooned on the planet is Dr. Morbius and his d...

Holiday Sale!

Thought I would give everyone a holiday heads-up!

THE JESUIT LETTER holiday sale is running in the US and the UK from Dec 5-12, with the Kindle version available for only $.99!!

Regrettably, Amazon's system still doesn't allow me to offer discounts to the Canadian market, so please accept my apologies.

Have a great holiday and a happy new year!

Amazon US: http://amzn.to/2cURPlk

Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/2gejksz

Autumn Waterfront