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Andrew Swanston

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Andrew Swanston read Law at Cambridge University, and held various positions in the book trade, including being a director of Waterstone & Co, and chairman of Methven’s plc, before turning to writing. Inspired by a lifelong interest in early modern history, his ‘Thomas Hill’ novels are set during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and the early period of the Restoration. Incendium is the first of two novels set in the 1570's and Waterloo:The Bravest Man describes the vital defence of Hougoumont at the battle. Beautiful Star and Other Stories will be published in early 2018. He lives with his wife in Surrey. ...more

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A few historical gems

1. Everyone knows CS Forester's Hornblower series. But have you tried The General or Death to the French?

2. Alfred Duggan was an Oxford-educated rake and drunk who took up writing in his forties. Try God and my Right or The Cunning of the Dove.

3. Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger won the Booker Prize about twenty five years ago. It's wonderful.

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	The King's Spy (Thomas Hill, #1) 3.87 avg rating — 1,449 ratings — published 2012 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	The King's Return (Thomas Hill, #3) 4.20 avg rating — 728 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waterloo: The Bravest Man 4.08 avg rating — 84 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beautiful Star & Other Stories 3.93 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“To learn that we have said or done a foolish thing is nothing; we must learn a more ample and important lesson: that we are all blockheads.”
― Andrew Swanston, The King's Spy

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“This war, like all wars, is about fear and self-interest. Claims of justice and liberty are no more than fancy covers on a miserable”
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“Because, whispered Montaigne in his ear, the man who seeks to establish his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.”
― Andrew Swanston, The King's Return

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