Martin Campbell's Blog, page 3
April 18, 2022
No man is a hero in his own country.
John Monash said, "No man is a hero in his own country."
I am delighted to report that my local newspaper, The Dundee Courier are publishing a feature length article on my most recent book, Sailor's Heart. I have enjoyed publicity and interviews elsewhere, but this feels special!
I am delighted to report that my local newspaper, The Dundee Courier are publishing a feature length article on my most recent book, Sailor's Heart. I have enjoyed publicity and interviews elsewhere, but this feels special!
March 30, 2022
Sailor's Heart -Now available on Kindle
I am delighted to report that my new book, Sailor's Heart, previously only available in the UK, is now available internationally on Amazon Kindle.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
This will make life easier for my publisher and will reduce the carbon footprint of sending out copies by airmail!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09...
This will make life easier for my publisher and will reduce the carbon footprint of sending out copies by airmail!
February 17, 2022
Sailor's Heart now available at Waterstones
My new book, Sailor's Heart is now available at Waterstones.com, and from selected independent book shops.
The reviews have been very positive, e.g.
from Rona Simmons, leading US author:
"Martin Campbell’s account of three sailors labeled cowards, dodgers, malingerers and a basket of assorted other labels is mesmerizing. The fictional trio, Clarence, Duncan, and Marco are sailors in arctic convoys during WWII but find themselves struck with a malady described as Sailor’s heart–-the loss of interest in the battle and then the will to fight or the will to live. Sentenced to “rehabilitation” in a Royal Navy hospital, with the goal of returning the men to battle, they are left to the mercy of doctors who carry out unseemly experiments for fame and fortune. But the story is more than a story. Campbell bases his work in a solid underlayment of fact. His research is impeccable.
Propelled by Campbell’s distinct voice, the pages turn themselves, and just as you think you have found a stopping point, Campbell devilishly tosses in a sentence like, “...during the two years he served before it all went wrong” or “It was the two days of constant rain that did it, finally.” You ask yourself, what went wrong, and what did the rain do? And then you keep reading.
Ultimately the men must find their own paths to rehabilitation and their struggles are palpable. I am reminded of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, with its Nurse Ratched but lacking a Chief Bromden, leaving the reader to join the men’s search for kernels of hope.
And, oh yes, I can see this on the big screen."
The reviews have been very positive, e.g.
from Rona Simmons, leading US author:
"Martin Campbell’s account of three sailors labeled cowards, dodgers, malingerers and a basket of assorted other labels is mesmerizing. The fictional trio, Clarence, Duncan, and Marco are sailors in arctic convoys during WWII but find themselves struck with a malady described as Sailor’s heart–-the loss of interest in the battle and then the will to fight or the will to live. Sentenced to “rehabilitation” in a Royal Navy hospital, with the goal of returning the men to battle, they are left to the mercy of doctors who carry out unseemly experiments for fame and fortune. But the story is more than a story. Campbell bases his work in a solid underlayment of fact. His research is impeccable.
Propelled by Campbell’s distinct voice, the pages turn themselves, and just as you think you have found a stopping point, Campbell devilishly tosses in a sentence like, “...during the two years he served before it all went wrong” or “It was the two days of constant rain that did it, finally.” You ask yourself, what went wrong, and what did the rain do? And then you keep reading.
Ultimately the men must find their own paths to rehabilitation and their struggles are palpable. I am reminded of Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, with its Nurse Ratched but lacking a Chief Bromden, leaving the reader to join the men’s search for kernels of hope.
And, oh yes, I can see this on the big screen."
February 15, 2022
Sailor’s Heart reviews
Sailor’s Heart, my new book, now getting positive reviews, which is great, including reviews from places that I had not anticipated…
https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/gear/...
https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/gear/...
January 5, 2022
Sailor's Heart now available
Sailor's Heart, my new book is now available on Amazon.co.uk See link below.
It has been a long, long process to get it written, accepted for publication, edited by a seasoned journalist and writer (Bernard Bale), formatted and designed professionally, printed and ready to go. Phew!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sailors-Hear...
It has been a long, long process to get it written, accepted for publication, edited by a seasoned journalist and writer (Bernard Bale), formatted and designed professionally, printed and ready to go. Phew!
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sailors-Hear...
December 27, 2021
New Year, new book.
New Year, new book, new blog!
Sailor’s Heart,my new book, will be available on Amazon from January 2022.
It’s a reimagining of real events that took place during World War II.
Three men fight for their country in the Arctic convoys, then for their dignity and sanity at a specialist psychiatric facility, set up to treat sailors branded as cowards and malingerers.
Sailor’s Heart,my new book, will be available on Amazon from January 2022.
It’s a reimagining of real events that took place during World War II.
Three men fight for their country in the Arctic convoys, then for their dignity and sanity at a specialist psychiatric facility, set up to treat sailors branded as cowards and malingerers.
