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James Forrester


Born
in Petts Wood, The United Kingdom
September 22, 1967

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Historical Fiction


James Forrester is a historian by profession. He has published a few medieval and early modern non-fiction titles under the name Ian Mortimer Ian Mortimer (his full name being Ian James Forrester Mortimer). He lives in Devon with his wife and three children, on the northeast edge of Dartmoor.

The Clarenceux Trilogy was inspired by contemporary documents in the National Archives and the British Library discovered in the course of his scholarly research. The main character is William harley, Clarenceux King of Arms, a herald. It is concerned with loyalty and betrayal - and set in the 1560s, when loyalty to one's spouse, to the state, and to one's religion were exceedingly important - so much so that betrayal of these things could end respectiv ...more

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Sacred Treason The Roots of Betrayal The Final Sacrament
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“In fact it was a barn that Peter and Marie”
― James Forrester, The Roots of Betrayal
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