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We all know the story of Guy Fawkes who wanted to blow up parliament. What did he wish to gain, the very people who were going to replace James were present? How did he think he would get away with it? It does not make sense unless it was a story. Now, finally, you can read about the real plot, the plot to destroy the Catholic nobility hatched by Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. Behind the scenes, he manipulated the cast in his play. Catesby, ...

We all know the story of Guy Fawkes who wanted to blow up parliament. The very people who were going to replace James would be present at the opening. How did he think he would get away with it? It does not make sense unless it was a story. Now, finally, you can read about the real plot, the plot to destroy the Catholic nobility hatched by Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. Behind the scenes, he directed and manipulated the cast in his play. Cat...

This is the true story of the Gunpowder Plot, read the facts, read the truth, know that you have been brainwashed by the Tudor Court's king of spin who went on to manipulate the Stuart court. James was hoodwinked and encouraged to persecute Catholics, in order for Robert Cecil to deal with the greater threat of Puritan rebellion.

We all know the story of Guy Fawkes who wanted to blow up parliament. What did he wish to gain, the very people who were going to replace James were present? How did he think he would get away with it? It does not make sense unless it was a story. Now, finally, you can read about the real plot, the plot to destroy the Catholic nobility hatched by Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury. Behind the scenes, he manipulated the cast in his play. Catesby, ...

The truth behind one of the oldest fictions in history can finally be told. The Catholics were in danger of wresting influence from Robert Cecil who had managed to remove Queen Elizabeth's favourites and put himself at the forefront of political power. King James, easily influenced, especially by a pretty face, male or female, needed to be restrained, especially with his profligate spending. Cecil had three goals, therefore: remove the Catholi...

This is the story of Karoly, a man whose family protected Jewish refugees who were trying to escape the advance of Nazi Germany from the west and the advancing Russian Red Army and their Romanian allies to the east. Karoly was used as human-shield by Romanian 'liberators' in Hungary. When, after the war, Hungary was under Russian Communist control, he was sent to prison. Karoly was committed as a political prisoner for being a member of the In...

An espionage pastiche. Fast paced, violent and sexually explicit, this thriller pits Finn McHugh against Didier Porchaire, the most violent and sadistic villain and smuggler. Using Carom board cases to hide drugs and smuggle stolen art, he leaves a trail of bodies. He has to be stopped. Carom is a thriller introducing Finn McHugh and his glamorous and sexy team as they try to track down an art smuggler and drug dealer who has fatally dispatche...

Major Bruton's Safari - Preparations for a coronation lead to a family visiting Uganda. The family, travelling to Africa as a group for the first time, know that adventures and disasters await. It is not what life throws at you but how you deal with it that counts. This is a humorous and warm account of a family's frustration and bewilderment. From being stranded in Lake Victoria with no fuel to being buffeted in a tropical storm near Murchins...

Cecil was a consummate plotter who undermined enemies and helped his supporters, he himself wrote: "I spend my time in sowing so much seed as my poor wretched fingers can scatter, in such a season as may bring forth a plentiful harvest. I dare boldly say no shower or storm shall mar our harvest except it should come from beyond the middle region." This was written just a fortnight before the discovery of poor Guy Fawkes. What does it mean? It ...

This is the story of Karoly, a man whose family protected Katia and other Jewish refugees who were trying to escape the advance of Nazi Germany, from the west, and the advancing Russian's 'Red Army' and their Romanian allies, to the east, Karoly was a teenage boy who was used as human-shield by Romanian 'liberators' in Hungary. After the war, he was sent to prison while Hungary was under communist control. He was committed as a political priso...

This is the story of a boy, a tunnel, a prep school, a bully, a riding accident and revenge. Stephen is new to a progressive prep school in the midst of the Shropshire countryside. Arriving a term late, he is picked on by one of the boys and challenged to a dare.The dare goes wrong and the tables are turned, the bully is buried in a tunnel. Only Stephen knows that he is there. Back at school, Stephen starts to enjoy school for the first time. ...

This is the story of Karoly, a man whose family protected Katia and other Jewish refugees, Karoly was a teenage boy who was used as human-shield by Romanian 'liberators' in Hungary. After the war, he was sent to prison while Hungary was under communist control. He was committed as a political prisoner for being a member of the Independent Small-holders Party, the communist party's only serious political rival. Under the communist regime, anyon...

Stephen Inglis thought running away would help but that was not the best solution. He was being bullied and, at first, the other members of his dormitory had missed that fact. Stephen Inglis was not at all sporty, at a prep school where sport was a key to popularity, he had joined a term late and found it hard to make friends, he missed his family. He was nine and his father had said he would be fine. That was not what Stephen felt, he felt a ...

One boy, one bully, one accident and one act of revenge. Stephen Inglis thought running away would help but that was not the solution, the bullies at his school teased him for having a teddy bear. Stephen Inglis was not at all sporty, at a prep school where sport was a key to popularity. He had joined a whole term late and he had found it hard to make friends, he missed his family. He was nine and his father had said he would be fine. That was...

One boy, one bully, one accident and one act of revenge. Stephen Inglis thought running away would help but that was not the solution, the bullies at his school teased him for sleeping with a teddy bear. Stephen was not at all sporty, at a prep school where sport was a key to popularity, he had joined a term late and he had found it hard to make friends, he missed his family. He was nine and his father had said he would be fine. That was not w...

Remember the Fifth of November, the story you were told was just that. Robert Cecil was a master manipulator and master storyteller. He could not have succeeded if it had not been for the help of his consummate companion, Markham. This is the real story of the plot hatched by Cecil to ingratiate himself with King James.

Stephen was the only one. He thought running away would help but that was not the solution. The bullies at his school teased him for sleeping with a teddy bear. He was not at all sporty, at a prep school where sport was a key popularity, he had joined a term late and he found it hard to fit in, he missed his family. He was nine, his father had said he would be fine. He felt a true outsider, a stranger without a friend. The only one. Stephen ha...

As guest of the Buganda, different groups flew in from Kilimanjaro and the Middle East, landing at Entebbe where they were welcomed like VIPs. Staying in Kampala, at Reste Corner, The Speke Hotel and Aki Bua Road, they saw the sites of the Muganda. Their tour included visiting the Naggalabi Coronation Site at Buddo, the government buildings and listening to jazz in the palace grounds. A day trip to the source of the Nile and to Jinja, the suga...