Release date - 26th September 2019
Book length - 336 pages Publisher - Áccent Press BUY LINKS: Worldwide - www.bookdepository.com Amazon UK - www.amazon.co.uk Amazon US - www.amazon.com I want to thank Phoebe from www.midaspr.co.uk for providing me with a copy of this book for review. ABOUT THIS BOOK Ernest Drabble, a Cambridge historian and mountaineer, travels to rural Devon to inspect the decapitated head of Oliver Cromwell - a macabre artefact owned by Dr Wilkinson. Drabble only tells one person of his plans - Harris, an old school friend and press reporter. On the train to Devon, Drabble narrowly avoids being murdered, only to reach his destination and find Dr Wilkinson has been killed. Gripped in Wilkinson's hand is a telegram from Winston Churchill instructing him to bring the head of Oliver Cromwell to London. Drabble has unwittingly become embroiled in a pro-Nazi conspiracy headed by a high-status Conservative member of the British government. And so, Drabble teams up with Wilkinson's secretary, Kate Honeyand, to find the head and rescue Harris who is being tortured for information... MY REVIEW A quirky, enjoyable tale RULE BRITANNIA by Alec Marsh is sure to please historical fiction and mystery fans alike. Ernest Drabble is part traveller and part professor but when he is asked to study and inspect the decapitated head of Oliver Cromwell, he cannot wait to dive into this top-secret project. Naturally, this would be huge news but Drabble has trusted the truth with his close friend, Harris. As Drabble sets off on his journey to Devon, Harris is busy telling everyone about what Drabble is doing. But the secret has reached the wrong ears and it isn't long before Drabble is fighting for his life and the bodies begin to mount up. Why does someone want to kill to stop Drabble and Harris? And can they discover the truth before it is too late? Fascinating, compelling, and with a more modern Sherlock Holmes vibe, RULE BRITANNIA by Alex Marsh is the kind of story that you intend to pick up for a half an hour and end up reading the whole night. The characters are your stiff-upper-lip type but with hidden depths and strengths that I enjoyed getting to know. The first in a series, RULE BRITANNIA is an entertaining story and I look forward to the next book in this series. AUTHOR BIO Alec Marsh was born in Essex in 1975. He graduated from Newcastle University with a first class degree in history. Beginning his career on the Western Morning News in Cornwall, he went on to write for titles including the Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, The Times and London Evening Standard. In 2008 he was named an editor of the year by the British Society of Magazine Editors. He is now the editor of Spear s Magazine, a title focused on luxury lifestyle. He is married and lives with his family in west London. For more information: Twitter - www.twitter.com/AlecMarsh Facebook - www.facebook.com/AlecMarshAuthor
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