Alex Marchant's Blog, page 30
May 25, 2018
One day to go…
“I paused a moment. But I had to go on, I knew. Time was passing…”
One day to go…
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(If you should know where this place is, please don’t give it away! Thank you)
And don’t forget to come along to the live virtual launch of The King’s Man tomorrow 26 May at 4 pm UK time
https://www.facebook.com/events/1373437109423722/
Please join me for an online launch event!
I have four guest authors who are generously giving their time to come and chat with us, and I’m planning a few Ricardian giveaways.
So please come along and join in the melee – or perhaps that should be come to ‘a genteel audience’ with some Ricardian, writerly and other friends.
All welcome – so don’t forget to click on the event and let us know you’re coming – and please share widely with anyone you know who may be interested.
Master Matthew Wansford and I hope to see you there!
May 24, 2018
Two days to go…
Almost full, it rested a moment on a far-off hill. But it wasn’t the great gold coin of other nights. Its gleam was tinged red.”
Two days to go….
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May 23, 2018
Life in the time of #RichardIII?
The very generousMary Anne Yarde kindly invited me to contribute another blog post to her site – this time about…
Life in the time of Richard III?
maryanneyarde.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/life-in-time-of-richard-iii-by-alex.html …
Three days to go…
‘A further fanfare burst forth.
And from the shadows of the tall doorway, flanked by several bishops and clad in purple velvet trimmed with ermine, stepped King Richard himself.’
Three days to go…
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May 22, 2018
Four days to go …
‘Sunday was of course a holiday for all the citizens of London, whether master, journeyman or apprentice, and the streets were always thronged after morning service. But today, as we approached the great cathedral, it was more difficult than usual to force a path through the seething hordes of people.’
Four days to go …
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May 21, 2018
Five days to go….
“The town walls rearing up, the arched barbican over the open gates, traders, farmers, citizens, their beasts and wagons pouring through on to the cobbled streets, mirror-like canals hemmed in by high brick buildings, their gables crazily stepped up towards the clouds, their foundations deep beneath the heavy wooden barges cruising slowly past…”
Five days to go…
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May 20, 2018
Six days to go…
“The sun shone still, though low in the sky, throwing long shadows across the cobbles of the square. Its last rays touched the tip of the ancient stone market cross to gold…”
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A first sale…
With a week to go until ‘The King’s Man’ launches, I sold my first copy yesterday.
Oops! It wasn’t quite planned, but I had copies with me at the library event in Harrogate yesterday and someone asked, so… it would have been churlish to refuse, wouldn’t it?
But there’s not long to go before they’ll be available for everyone to buy on Amazon worldwide. And I also had the fantastic news yesterday that ‘The Order of the White Boar’ has been added to the ordering system at Waterstone’s bookshop, and that ‘The King’s Man’ will be too, so the books can be ordered through any Waterstone’s in the country. 
They will be stocked in the Harrogate branch – and if enough people ask for them, maybe in other branches too…. 
(So there is your mission, should you choose to accept it!)
The Harrogate branch has also asked me to do a book event for them during the summer so watch this space for details.
As for the Q&A event with Marla at the library, I’ll be posting details of the podcast and YouTube links once I have them.
mybook.to/TheKingsMan
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May 13, 2018
Second time around… [reblogged from #AuthorsElectric]
My latest regular blog on Authors Electric:
https://authorselectric.blogspot.co.uk/2018/05/second-time-around-alex-marchant.html
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