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I’m thinking back, trying to discern how I came to write an historical novel. When I was tapping out Morse in the pitching wireless cabins of tropical steamers, it was not in my mind – though I read all the books in the ship’s library. A career in television studios might have brought it about – thirty years working with stories in pictures soaks the mind with images. Now I’ve retired I have more time to imagine at leisure - perhaps I’ve just reached the proper age to be a teller of stories.
So my first story is about ‘Tom Fleck’ and his struggles to be a free man in our own district of Cleveland – but a Cleveland of five centuries in the past.

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	The Best of Days: A memoir of the sea (Memoirs of the Sea Book 1) 4.25 avg rating — 267 ratings — 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
	You'll See Wonders: A memoir of the sea (Memoirs of the Sea Book 2) 4.33 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	When Are You Going Back?: A memoir of the sea (Memoirs of the Sea Book 3) 4.55 avg rating — 120 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
	Tom Fleck 4.51 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	The Black Caravel: Pirates in the English Channel (Tom Fleck Book 2) 4.53 avg rating — 34 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
	Green Linnet 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2011 — 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
	Wandering About 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2015 — 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 Beveren Rabbit it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2014 — 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
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It is a collection of short stories that pretend to be a novel. Why not admit this and inform the reader at the outset. It is far too clever, contrived, and posturing.
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Harry Nicholson answered Peter Bentley's question: Hi Harry Just to let you know that my Dad is loving reading your memoirs. He has just completed You'll See Wonders. As a cadet with Brocklebanks, at the same time as your time, he is amazed at the similarities of your stories and his recollections. Dad moved onto T&J Harrisons for the majority of his sea going life. I have just bought him book 3 so look forward to his reviews. Thanks for writting your stories down? Thank you, Peter. It is a delight to hear from a reader. I'm reassured enough to carry on with book 4- which might be complete before the year ends. Then I can get back to writing historical novels, which is where I began (Tom Fleck and its sequel, B See Full Answer
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Revisited treasure. I first read this in 1960; in 2024 it is still an astonishing book. A story to bring wisdom to the politically minded.
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“Fog everywhere. Fog up the river where it flows among green airs and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping, and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city.... Chance people on the bridges peeping over the parapets into a nether sky of fog, with fog all round them, as if they were up in a balloon and hanging in the misty clouds.”
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