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J. Robert Whittle

Born

in Grange Moor, Yorkshire, The United Kingdom

June 10, 1933

Website

http://www.jrobertwhittle.com

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Genre

Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Children's

Influences

Charles Dickens

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I'm a retired coal mining engineer who was born in Yorkshire, England and helped to raise my 8 younger siblings. I also had an older sister but I didn't help much with her! At the age of 19 I become the youngest mining engineer in England's history, too young to even claim my degree. Instead, the British Coal Board under whose scholarship I had gained the degree, hired me. At 24, they kindly gave me probably the most dangerous job known at the time ... leading a first response to disaster team all over Europe. We did some other jobs that were actually pretty cool even by today's standards. The come-on was the pay and having been an entrepreneur since the age of 6 (beginning of WW2 when times were very tough), money was very important to me ...more

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J. Robert Whittle's Blog

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Retirement has Arrived at Last!

It’s been awhile since I have added a blog to our page, but the books in those boxes are looking very lonely on this page and found new homes in care homes, high schools and finally, in Russell Books new store on Fort Street in Victoria, BC near the end of Covid. Time has passed […]

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J. Robert Whittle’s books

Average rating: 4.06 · 213 ratings · 28 reviews · 18 distinct works

	Bound by Loyalty (Victoria Chronicles #1) 3.83 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2001 — 7 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
	Lethal Innocence (Lizzie #1) 4.18 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1998 — 7 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
	Loyalty's Reward (Victoria Chronicles #2) 4.09 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2003 — 6 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
	Whispers Across Time by J. Robert Whittle, Joyce Sandilands 3.59 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2007 — 3 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
	Lizzie's Secret Angels (Lizzie #2) 4.53 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2000 — 5 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
	Loyalty's Haven (Victoria Chronicles, #3) 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2011 — 6 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
	Lizzie's Legacy (Lizzie #4) 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2004 — 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
	Streets of Hope (Lizzie #3) 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	Race for a Treasure by J. Robert Whittle, Joyce Sandilands 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Silent Destiny by J. Robert Whittle, Joyce Sandilands (co-author) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2014 — 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