John Wheatley

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  • Bibliography:
    18 Books
  • First Book:
    December 2011
  • Latest Book:
    August 2024
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Book List in Order: 18 titles

  • Flowers of Vitriol

    It is 1817 and on the streets of Amlwch, the copper capital of the world, discontent amongst the poor, the hungry and the disaffected, is about to break out into open violence. Mine Superintendent, Thomas Kendrick, brings his bride, the beautiful Cor...

  • A Golden Mist

    In 1859, `The Royal Charter`, a steam clipper, returning from Melbourne, carrying 500 passengers and crew, and laden with bullion from the Australian gold fields, was wrecked in hurricane conditions at Moelfre, on the coast of Anglesey. Only forty pe...

  • The Papers of Matthew Locke

    When Matthew Locke survives a shipwreck on the coast of Anglesey, he is cared for by the family of Llyws Llewellyn in the fishing village of Rhosneigr. During his recovery from the ordeal, he finds himself slipping through boundaries of time, becomin...

  • The Weeping Sands

    Three narratives of love and loss are interwoven in John Wheatley's novel which is set on the isle of Anglesey, Wales. Spanning 350 years, from English Civil War to present day, a ruined mansion provides the link between past and present. Meanwhile, ...

  • The Exile's Daughter

    The Exilès DaughterMoving from Church Bay, on Anglesey, to the battles of the Somme and Flanders, The Exilès Daughter follows the fortunes of Polish refugee Lauren Bucievski, and Jimmy Jilkes, circus runaway, door-to-door salesman, and ...

  • Marcia

    Set in the industrial town of Middleton, to the north of Manchester, MARCIA tells the story of a first-love that continues to haunt two people long after their lives have gone in different directions. Recording the rituals and intimacies of courtship...

  • Evelyn

    John Wheatle&ygrave;s second Middleton novel takes us back to the second world war and its impact on two Middleton families. Evelyn and Maureen, sisters-in-law, are drawn together when their husbands go away to serve. For Evelyn, the idyllic pre-war ...

  • Cankys Trade

    `Canky`s Trade` is set in the south Lancashire township of Middleton in 1811. Lord Byron, pursuing a legal entitlement which he had in nearby Rochdale, stayed at Hopwood Hall, close to Middleton in September of 1811, and the novel deals partly with B...

  • Little Betrayals



  • Rag Doll and Other Short Stories

    A collection of short stories based on memories of childhood and adolescent love, set in Manchester, in the north of England in the 1960s. You live your life by the lyrics od pop songs... You fall in love like red dye washing through clear water... Y...

  • Harold Simpson, His VW Beetle, and His Quest for Literary Fame

    Harold Simpson, author and poet, has had one taste of literary fame, and, thanks to the incompetence of his agent, it almost ruined his life. Now, with a folder of poems, he sets off in his twelve year old VW Beetle to take part in a poetry festival ...

  • A Brief History of Vameria in the Time of the Princes

    The island of Vastameria, comprising the two nation states, Va’meria and Karagia, lies in the Western Ocean, eighty miles from its nearest continental neighbour. The island is approximately twelve hundred miles in length, lying on a slight SW to NE...

  • The Last Princess

    Archetypal victim - or manipulator exraordinaire? The love-match between Prince Lemyr of Va`meria and the beautiful Linsl, 14 years younger, is seen as a means of restoring the fortunes of an unpopular monarchy in times of political instability at ho...

  • Joss

    When she is displaced to Middleton, near Manchester, to stay with her strange Aunt Mary, an unhappy 13 year old, Joanna Logan, begins a diary. The diary reflects all her unanswered questions about what is happening with her parents. It also records h...

  • The House on Lady Hall Lane

    When 32 year old Derek Walker sees the lovely young Anita in a town bar, he decides there and then that she will be his wife. Anita, beautiful but without direction, is easily swayed. When he shows her the very attractive house on Lady Hall Lane, off...

  • Finding Josie

    When Nick Roberts returns to Middleton for the funeral of an old friend, he is haunted by memories of his first love, Josie, and is determined to find her. But where is she now, and how might she have changed with the years, especially after the weir...

  • On Woden's Hill

    Imagine a storm.A huge storm.You take shelter.When it's over, you find you've travelled back in time. Two hundred years, to be exact!This happens to Robert, Vicky and Lucy when their seaside holiday in sleepy Alnmouth is transported back to a time wh...

  • The Apparition

    The story of The Apparition alternates between two time periods, 2010 and 1910-20. In 2010, the main character is ANNA. In 1910-20, the main character is CHRISTINA. The two narrative strands are linked by the village of Staithes, on the beautiful, ru...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

John Wheatley has published 18 books.

John Wheatley does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Apparition, was published in August 2024.

The first book by John Wheatley, A Golden Mist, was published in December 2011.

No. John Wheatley does not write books in series.
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