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Nicky Moxey

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in Nairobi, Kenya

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Children's, Historical Fiction, Horror

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I live in the middle of rural Suffolk, UK, and am owned by a small black cat.

In my spare time, I'm an amateur historian/archaeologist, and in non-work daylight hours am usually out on a field somewhere with a metal detector and/or a trowel. I've added quite a few things to the Heritage England Record and the Portable Antiquities Scheme; but what really fascinates me is the stories behind the artefacts.

My first historical novel is about the story of a local boy made good - Wimer the Chaplain was born in Dodnash in Suffolk of a poor Saxon family, but made it to be a confidant of Henry ll, holding down the job of High Sheriff for all Norfolk and Suffolk. Then he gave it all up and came home to found a Priory... finding the original site of tha ...more

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	Sheriff and Priest 4.22 avg rating — 153 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
	The Priest's Son: Or, What Dodnash issue is so important that the Papal Legate supervising the signing of the Magna Carta needs to deal with it personally? (Dodnash Priory Chronicles Book 2) 4.50 avg rating — 62 ratings — 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
	Henry and the Magic Pencil 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 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
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	Henry and the Magic Pencil 2 (Henry Baker #2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
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	Henry Baker and the Magic Pencil by Nicky Moxey (Goodreads Author), Fiona Moxey (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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

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Nicky Moxey said: " Author review, hence no stars!
I'm really excited - this has just come out on Audible; I am so happy with the narrator! Do have a listen and let me know how you get on.
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The Priest's Son: Or, What Dodnash issue is so important that the Papal Legate supervising the signing of the Magna Carta needs to deal with it personally? (Dodnash Priory Chronicles Book 2)

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Nicky Moxey said: " Author review, so no stars - this is now out as an audio book, with the same narrator as Sheriff and Priest :) I'm really happy with them. Do have a listen and let me know what you think! ...more "

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“We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, remembered gate
When the last of earth left to discover
Is that which was the beginning;
At the source of the longest river
The voice of the hidden waterfall
And the children in the apple-tree
Not known, because not looked for
But heard, half-heard, in the stillness
Between two waves of the sea.

—T.S. Eliot, from “Little Gidding,” Four Quartets (Gardners Books; Main edition, April 30, 2001) Originally published 1943.”
― T.S. Eliot, Four Quartets

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