Martin Lake

• May-2011
• / Historical
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England 1066. The Battle of Hastings is over. The Battle for England is about to begin. King Harold and most of England’s warriors lie dead on the battle-field and William, Duke of Normandy is marching towards London. Refusing to surrender, the E...

• May-2011
• / General Fiction
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Nuggets is a collection of short fiction for the busy reader. It contains a range of stories with themes including lost love, childhood fantasy, adolescent angst and pre-ordained murder.Most stories can be read in a couple of minutes. They are desi...

• Jun-2011
• / Romance
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The wedding antics of Toad are told in this sequel with a measure of humour, particularly wit and farce, strongly reminiscent of Grahame's balance of humour in the original. Nigel McMorris, Chair, The Kenneth Grahame Society.In 2008 the Kenneth Grah...

• Jul-2011
• / Action Adventure
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Victory, betrayal and revenge. "I heartily recommend this very readable and enjoyable journey into the England's history and look forward with great anticipation to the next volume in the series."The year is 1069. The Norman invaders are stealing t...

• Aug-2011
• / General Fiction
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FOR KING AND COUNTRY THE ORDER OF THE WHITE FEATHER In August 1914 Europe blundered into war. Alone of all the combatants, Great Britain did not have a large standing army. The Secretary of War, Lord Kitchener, sought to remedy this by launching ...

• Mar-2012
• / Historical
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Jack Dawkins is the most accomplished pick-pocket in England, his skills of ducking and diving earning him the name, the Artful Dodger.When Jack is arrested and transported to Australia he finds himself at the mercy of Fred Crimp, a vicious criminal ...

• Dec-2012
• / Historical
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Bernard and Agnes Montjoy keep an inn in Crusader Jerusalem. Their lives are about to be shattered. Guy, the new King of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem, ignores the advice of wiser men and leads his army out of the city to do battle with the grea...

• Aug-2013
• / Historical
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Edgar Atheling has been betrayed by his allies and defeated in his attempt to win back the throne of England from William the Conqueror. The Normans hunted for him across the north of England, devastating the land in the process. He only just escaped...

• Feb-2015
• / Historical
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Her beauty was a blessing…and a dangerous burden.… As a Maid of Honor at the Court of King Henry VIII, beautiful Alice Petherton receives her share of admirers. But when the powerful, philandering Sir Richard Rich attempts to seduce her, she k...

• Nov-2015
• / Historical
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Edgar Atheling is the last surviving descendent of Alfred the Great and heir to the throne of England. But because he is only thirteen years of age the throne is given instead to the experienced warrior Harold Godwinson, a man who appears best fitted...

• Nov-2015
• / Historical
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The year is 1069. The Norman invaders are stealing the land of the English people, building castles to subdue them and relentlessly making a once free people into serfs. But the English will not submit. Armed resistance flares across the land. Yet, t...

• Feb-2016
• / Historical
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The King’s favor was her sanctuary -- until his desire turned dangerous. Alice Petherton is well practiced at using her beauty and wits to survive in the Court of King Henry VIII. As the King’s favorite, she enjoys his protection, but after se...

• Mar-2017
• / Historical
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The Norman conquerors are tightening their grip upon England. Only one person stands in the way of their final triumph. Edgar Atheling continues to battle for his lost throne, doggedly refusing to bend the knee. Having survived an attempt upon his li...

• Oct-2018
• / Historical
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When Vikings battle Saxons what hope for a family against men of power and violence? Brand and his family live simple lives in their quiet corner of Somerset. The war that Wessex wages against the Vikings takes place far away and is of no concern to ...

• Aug-2020
• / Historical
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The Viking army is about to face its greatest challenge, the Kingdom of Wessex. King Æthelred and his brother Alfred are determined to wage war to the death. The Great Viking Army has conquered Northumbria and East Anglia. Two English kingdoms r...

• Aug-2020
• / Historical
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Killers of kings, destroyers of kingdoms. A fast-moving story of the great Viking army. Leif Ormson is a Skald, a story-teller, renowned for his witty tales. His brother, Sigurd is a black-smith, making knives, scythes and horse-shoes. And magnificen...

• Aug-2022
• / Historical
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The end of World War Two brought peace to many but not to all.For some people, in a world gripped by resentment, paranoia and epidemics, the fruits of victory seem forever out of reach.Three women, scarred by war, struggle to remake their lives in th...