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Walking to the Boat in Grenada My new book, ‘Diamond Rock’ is published!  ( Diamond Rock (Paul Weston Historical Maritime and Naval Fiction Book 5) eBook : Weston, Paul: Amazon.co.uk : Kindle Store ).  It’s very difficult for authors to self-assess their work, but I’m pleased and grateful that ‘Diamond Rock’ has received some favourable reviews, and pre-orders have been strong. I’ve also been working pretty hard on the prototype of - I’m not sure how to describe it, so I’ll call it the...

Cover of 'Diamond Rock' My new book, ‘Diamond Rock’ is published today.  ( Diamond Rock at Amazon ) It’s very difficult for authors to self-assess their work, but I’m pleased and grateful that ‘Diamond Rock’ has received favourable reviews, and pre-orders have been strong.  One review I was very flattered by was from well known author Damien Lewis ( Damien Lewis ): ‘A gripping tale of swashbuckling derring-do on the high seas. Impeccably researched and wonderfully drawn, with a protagonist to...

'Greenwich Hospital from the North Bank of the Thames' by Canaletto - the Queen's House can be seen between the two wings of the Hospital With my latest book, Diamond Rock , published ( Diamond Rock (Paul Weston Historical Maritime and Naval Fiction Book 5) we spent last weekend in London.  We’re members of the Cruising Association, and as we often do, stayed in one of the ‘cabins’ at the Association’s headquarters at Limehouse.  It’s location, next to the lock between Limehouse Dock and the...

Kadash Departing Rabat - Passing the Kasbah of the Udayas I’ve just posted a YouTube video paul weston author sailing - YouTube about...

Cover of 'Diamond Rock' When I wrote my first book, ‘Weymouth Bound’ many years ago, I imagined the main character, Jack Stone, as...

Free at Last! - Mitch on the Etang de Thau From July 2020 to June 2021, during the second Covid lockdown, Mitch lay alongside the bank...

Mitch at a Lock on the Canal du Midi We visited Mitch briefly in January 2020, as an aside from a skiing holiday in the Pyrenees, but any...

Gunner William Rivers' Commonplace Books I recently had the opportunity of examining the ‘commonplace’ books of William Rivers in the...

Pinney's Beach, Nevis Inspiration - you just can’t avoid it – that is if you are a writer of historical naval fiction and you are sailing...

Roadside Bar, Dominica We found that Deshaies in the north of Guadeloupe was an unsatisfactory place, crowded, with a northerly swell...