Monthly Archives: December 2012

Christmas 1066. The Lost King: Resistance. #SampleSunday #HistNov

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Martin Lake

On Christmas morning Oswald woke me early and beckoned me to the window.  I glanced outside.  The sky was as grey as iron and as I watched snowflakes began to swirl.  By the time I got my clothes on the … Continue reading →

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Over the cliff

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Martin Lake

In David Lodge’s excellent book ‘A Man of Parts,’ he tells how his protagonist HG Wells felt unsettled and out of sorts when he had finished a novel.  I can well understand it. I have just finished work on ‘Outcasts’, … Continue reading →

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Outcasts: Crusades 1 #SampleSunday #HistNov

Posted on December 9, 2012 by Martin Lake

My new novel ‘Outcasts’ is published as an e-book on Amazon and Smashwords. It will be available from other outlets later this month.  It is priced at $3.00, £1.93 and €2.20 or thereabouts. PROLOGUE JERUSALEM 1185 The young man sprawled … Continue reading →

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Part 10 of ‘Outcasts’. #SampleSunday #HistNov

Posted on December 2, 2012 by Martin Lake

CHAPTER 5 BALIAN OF IBELIN Jerusalem Fear flooded the city like a plague.  It swept down from the Church and through the streets to the citadel.  The people of the city hurried towards the high battlements, desperate to glimpse what … Continue reading →

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