Martha Morgan's Little World

by Brian John

This book has been produced in response to demands from the fans of the five-volume Angel Mountain Saga, published 2001-2005. We have called it an "essential companion" because it provides background information on key characters, places, historical context, social conditions, great issues of the day, traditions and symbols. There is much information about the five novels and also about the author's writing process. So the book is partly a guided tour of Mistress Martha and partly an exploration of the relationship between an author, his heroine and his landscape.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published November 4, 2006

About the author

Brian John (born 1940) is the author of the historical-fiction series Angel Mountain Saga (8 volumes).

Brian was born in Carmarthen, Wales. He studied at Haverfordwest Grammar School and at Jesus College, Oxford, where he read Geography from 1959 to 1962 and went on to obtain a D Phil for a study of the Ice Age in Wales. He worked as a field scientist in Antarctica and spent eleven years as a Geography Lecturer in Durham University. He has travelled widely in the Arctic, Antarctic and Scandinavia. Since 1977 he has made his living as a writer and publisher.

Brian is also actively involved in environmental and community organizations; in 1980 he founded the West Wales Eco Centre in Newport and is one of the leaders of the community group "GM Free Cymru." He is the author of a number of articles and more than 80 books, including university texts, walking guides, coffee table glossies, and books of popular science. His Glaciers and Landscape (written with David Sugden), a university textbook, remained in print as a geomorphology classic for almost 30 years. He also writes on topics of local interest related to Wales: tourist guides, books of local jokes, walkers’ handbooks, and titles on local folklore and traditions.

In recent years Brian has done radio and TV work, and was featured in the BBC TV programme called "The Man from Angel Mountain". His children's book entitled "The Strange Affair of the Ethiopian Treasure Chest"was voted by children as the Gold Award winner in the 2012 Wishing Shelf Book Awards. His most recent novel is "Acts of God", published in November 2014. It is Cold War "chiller" set in East Greenland.