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Peter C. Whitaker

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Born

Kingston Upon Hull, The United Kingdom

Website

http://www.petercwhitaker.co.uk

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Fiction, Nonfiction

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Mostly, my wife!

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My father worked in engineering and mother in printing. I left school with unexceptional qualifications and after a series of dead-end jobs I went to Coleg Harlech Adult Education College in Gwynedd, North Wales, to study English Literature and Philosophy. After graduating I drifted into the Civil Service.

My mother ensured that both I and my two brothers could read and write before we started school, a gift that I am always grateful to her for. It is as a result of this that I have always been an avid reader. My main criteria for picking up a book to read is the hope that it has a good story, the genre always comes second to me. As a result I have read very widely and I don’t have any favourites. I do return to particular authors but I am n ...more

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Average rating: 4.18 · 62 ratings · 16 reviews · 6 distinct works

	The War Wolf (The Sorrow Song Trilogy Book 1) 4.22 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 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
	For Rapture of Ravens (The Sorrow Song Trilogy Book 2) 4.19 avg rating — 16 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
	The Blade's Fell Blow (The Sorrow Song Trilogy Book 3) 4.36 avg rating — 11 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
	Eugenica really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 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
	Mesozoic 3.50 avg rating — 4 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
	The Devil Within Us 4.50 avg rating — 2 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

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Peter C. Whitaker's Blog: My Writing Desk

I Write Because I Enjoy Telling Stories

So, ‘The Blade’s Fell Blow’ has gone to be published and will be delivered to any pre-Blades Fell Blowrelease purchasers on the 951st anniversary of the Battle of Hastings! Of course I am very pleased about this as it is the culmination of a lot of work. I was very impressed when Amazon linked all three of my books together in one advertisement. I am hoping that the existence of a complete trilogy Read more of this blog post »

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The Sorrow Song (3 books)
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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

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