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Riot and Retribution
This tale of passion and intrigue is set in Bath and Bristol in 1831, the early Dickensian period when Britain was in political and social turmoil. Nathaniel Parry arrives in Bath to investigate and is drawn into deeper waters than the steaming baths. In the social masquerade few are what they seem. Politicians, bankers and traders jostle for power, and the greatest prizes are in the exotic Far East. Murder, opium and slavery, Chinese agents, the low life in Bath and Bristol Docks, not to mention the attractions of the Bath beauties, will tax his powers to the limit but he is well prepared. He’s got a pair of percussion pistols, a swordstick and his dog. See www.alexerobertson.com for more.
366 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2016
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Alex E. Robertson
2 books13 followersAlex E. Robertson is a pen name incorporating the names of the co-creators, Alex E. Kolaczkowski and Robert E. Hayes.
Dr Alex Kolaczkowski has taught history at schools in Bath and Bristol, as well as in Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey. Her B.Ed degree was awarded by the University of Bristol and her Ph.D by the University of Bath. A dedicated teacher, passionate about all aspects of her subject, she took her pupils on frequent field trips, making ancient, medieval, early modern and modern topics alike come vividly to life. Bath and Bristol are cities very well known to her having lived, studied and worked in both of them. Her expertise in Bath history stemmed from her years spent researching the city as a case-study for her doctoral topic on the development of municipal socialism and the civic ideal in the nineteenth century. By invitation from the Dictionary of National Biography she wrote the entry for Sir Jerom Murch who was Mayor of Bath on seven occasions, and published a paper on aspects of Bath Non-Conformism in the Unitarian Journal. These research activities helped provide her specialist background knowledge of the period and places in which the novel is set.
Professor Robert Hayes is a full-time academic at the University of Alberta in Canada. Apart from his distinguished research and teaching in chemical engineering, he is a calculating thinker with an interest in mystery and intrigue within a historical context. As a PhD student at the University of Bath in the early 1980s, he developed an interest in the game of Go (which originated as Wei Ch’i in China), often travelling to Bristol to play at the Go Club in Hotwells, and later was a founder member of the Bath Go Club at the Crown Inn, Bathwick Street. During the 1990s he was a frequent visitor to Bath and Bristol. In addition to his passion for historical mysteries, he is a lover of fine wines, single malt whisky, and of course whiskey.
Dr Alex Kolaczkowski has taught history at schools in Bath and Bristol, as well as in Wiltshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey. Her B.Ed degree was awarded by the University of Bristol and her Ph.D by the University of Bath. A dedicated teacher, passionate about all aspects of her subject, she took her pupils on frequent field trips, making ancient, medieval, early modern and modern topics alike come vividly to life. Bath and Bristol are cities very well known to her having lived, studied and worked in both of them. Her expertise in Bath history stemmed from her years spent researching the city as a case-study for her doctoral topic on the development of municipal socialism and the civic ideal in the nineteenth century. By invitation from the Dictionary of National Biography she wrote the entry for Sir Jerom Murch who was Mayor of Bath on seven occasions, and published a paper on aspects of Bath Non-Conformism in the Unitarian Journal. These research activities helped provide her specialist background knowledge of the period and places in which the novel is set.
Professor Robert Hayes is a full-time academic at the University of Alberta in Canada. Apart from his distinguished research and teaching in chemical engineering, he is a calculating thinker with an interest in mystery and intrigue within a historical context. As a PhD student at the University of Bath in the early 1980s, he developed an interest in the game of Go (which originated as Wei Ch’i in China), often travelling to Bristol to play at the Go Club in Hotwells, and later was a founder member of the Bath Go Club at the Crown Inn, Bathwick Street. During the 1990s he was a frequent visitor to Bath and Bristol. In addition to his passion for historical mysteries, he is a lover of fine wines, single malt whisky, and of course whiskey.
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October 31, 2024
Meticulous research and really brought the Bath and Bristol of the period to life. I liked the Brunel cameo! It was very dense in detail and characters but I think that paid off in the end.
July 1, 2016
A rollicking good adventure, and a very welcome recommendation by the famous Mr B's bookshop of Bath. The heroes are either handsome or beautiful and good, the villains truly villainous, and the love interests charming.
I loved all the local references, and think that it would work well for someone who isn't familiar with the area as I am. I look forward to the sequel!
I loved all the local references, and think that it would work well for someone who isn't familiar with the area as I am. I look forward to the sequel!
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