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The Poison Tide – In August
1915. German guns are on their way to Ireland. The British government faces its worst nightmare: insurrection at home while it struggles with bloody stalemate on the Western Front. A …
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The Poison Tide
Handed in manuscript of the next novel, The Poison Tide,this morning and have had to spend the rest of the day recovering in front of the television watching episodes of …
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Another review of the paperback
Authentic, moving, though-provoking, gripping … Andrew Williams’ sophisticated novel set in St Petersburg 37 years before the revolution that overturned Russia is about as good as historical thrillers get. To …
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Scotsman Feature
By Andrew Williams THE engraving drew my eye because it was the only object in my teenage friend’s house that was older than him. It was the portrait of a …
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To Kill a Tsar in paperback
The paperback of To Kill A Tsar is published on Thursday September 29th. I’m working on some trumpets…
Writing History: join the debate
Writer, Aly Monroe and I have kicked off a discussion on Good Reads exploring the researching, planning and writing of historical fiction. We’ve set out some of our own thoughts …
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The last walk from Death Row in Texas
Read my friend and ex BBC colleague, Mark Dowd’s extraordinarily powerful account of the last efforts of campaigners to save Mark Stroman from being executed this summer, and of his …
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The Poisoned Tide
60,000 words into The Poisoned Tide, the first in my trilogy of spy thrillers set at the beginning of the 20th century. The Poisoned Tide will be published next year …
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