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Dean Hamilton

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in Winnipeg, Canada

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Historical Fiction, Mystery, Thriller

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Dean Hamilton was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He spent the first half of his childhood chasing around the prairies and western Canada before relocating to Toronto, Ontario. He has three degrees (BA, MA & MBA), reads an unhealthy amount of history, works as a marketing professional by day and prowls the imaginary alleyways of the Elizabethan era in his off-hours. Much of his winter is spent hanging around hockey arenas and shouting at referees.

He is married, with a son, a dog, and four cats. He is the author of the gripping Elizabethan thriller series THE TYBURN FOLIOS.

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	The Jesuit Letter (The Tyburn Folios Book 1) 4.25 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2015 — 4 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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Italy!!!

Just returned from my first trip to Italy!

We spent 9 days roaming about Rome, Florence & Venice, walking 20k steps per day, eating pasta and gelato.... and I have pictures to prove it.

I'll post these in batches. Rome first!

Column of Peace, outside of Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore.
Holy Door at Basilica Papale di Santa Maria Maggiore

Colosseum.

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The King in the North: The Life and Times of Oswald of Northumbria

by Max Adams (Goodreads Author)

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God's Bankers: A History of Money and Power at the Vatican

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Spain: The Centre of the World 1519-1682

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Dean Hamilton is now following Rebecca Rideal Author of 1666: Plague, War, and Hellfire
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What book about the Tudors or Tudor England would you like for our Group Read in October 2019?

The Turbulent Crown: The Story of the Tudor Queens by Roland Hui

10 votes, 16.7%

The Queen's Fool by Philippa Gregory

9 votes, 15.0%

A Song of Sixpence: The Story of Elizabeth of York and Perkin Warbeck by Judith Arnopp

8 votes, 13.3%

Amy Robsart: A Life and Its End by Christine Hartweg

7 votes, 11.7%

The Spanish Queen: A Novel of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon by Carolly Erickson

6 votes, 10.0%

Four Princes: Henry VIII, Francis I, Charles V, Suleiman the Magnificent and the Obsessions that Forged Modern Europe by John Julius Norwich

6 votes, 10.0%

Murder by Misrule Anna Castle

4 votes, 6.7%

The Men Who Would Be King: Suitors to Queen Elizabeth I by Josephine Ross

3 votes, 5.0%

Elizabeth's London: Everyday Life in Elizabethan London by Liza Picard

3 votes, 5.0%

The Spanish Armada by Robert Hutchinson

2 votes, 3.3%

Bosworth 1485: The Battle that Transformed England by Michael K. Jones

1 vote, 1.7%

The Jesuit Letter by Dean Hamilton

1 vote, 1.7%

Nothing Like the Sun by Anthony Burgess

0 votes, 0.0%

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Dean’s Quotes

“My course is set for an uncharted sea.”
― Dante Alighieri

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“Do not be afraid; our fate
Cannot be taken from us; it is a gift.”
― Dante Alighieri, Inferno

tags: faith, fate, fear

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“In that book which is my memory,
On the first page of the chapter that is the day when I first met you,
Appear the words, ‘Here begins a new life’.”
― Dante Alighieri, Vita Nuova

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“The devil is not as black as he is painted.”
― Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso

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“Yea, and if some god shall wreck me in the wine-dark deep,
even so I will endure…
For already have I suffered full much,
and much have I toiled in perils of waves and war.
Let this be added to the tale of those.”
― Homer, The Odyssey