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Chris Oswald

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Born

Portsmouth, The United Kingdom

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Historical Fiction, Thriller, Contemporary

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ken follett, cj sansom, evelyn waugh, jane austen, thomas hardy, berna ...more

Member Since

October 2017

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The Stories that would not Lie Down.

As far back as I can remember, stories have been a major part of my life. At first they were in my head, a whole set of worlds of wonderful make believe. Then they became verbal to wile away long car journeys, rehearsed during boring lessons at school. For the longest time nothing was put into writing except a little poetry and some songs.

Then adulthood came and, with it, responsibility. I tried to put my stories away and concentrate on a career in business. This took me to America where we lived for close to twenty years, also to Scotland where my family comes from. But the stories would not lie down, kept coming back to me. In a fallow period in my thirties I wrote my first book. It was terrible so I wr ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 71 ratings · 27 reviews · 11 distinct works

	18 Acres of England 3.58 avg rating — 26 ratings — 2 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
	A New Lease on Freedom (The Dorset Chronicles, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — 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
	2024: A History of the Future 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — 2 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
	The Stuff of Heroes (The Semblance of Order Trilogy Book 1) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 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
	It Takes A Rogue (The Dorset Chronicles Book 2) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 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
	God Was Bored it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	A Simple Mistake (The Dorset Chronicles Book 3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 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
	One Shot in the Storm (The Dorset Chronicles Book 4) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 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
	All to the Sword (The Dorset Chronicles Book 5) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 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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Chris Oswald's Blog: History and Fiction

Fiction and History but not Historical Fiction

Hi, this is the first time I've ever written a blog so please excuse if not up to scratch.

I wanted to write about history in fiction but not about historical fiction. I don't have anything against historical fiction and read a huge amount - Bernard Cornwell, Philippa Gregory, Ken Follet, CJ Sansom, Edward Marston and others.

In fact, thinking about historical fiction for a moment, there are distinc Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 31, 2017 05:27 • Tags: contemporary, fiction, future, historical-fiction, history, past

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“People were meant to be loved,
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and love things.
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