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The Trials of Arthur Whitty

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Hi everyone đź‘‹  My new novella, The Trials of Arthur Whitty, is now available to pre-order on Amazon via this link: http://mybook.to/ArthurWhitty Book Blurb This novella is the story of plain old Arthur Whitty, a man whose dreams are never dull and whose vivid imagination and sense of humour carries him through a series of sometimes challenging situations. Arthur has retired to a pair of slippers and jigsaw table in a quiet cul-de-sac in Berkshire, England. He walks his dog, Max, and lets his mind wander to a series of dreams in which he is more daring, skilful and adventurous that his real-life humdrum self. He is an irritant to his orderly wife, Emilia, and has succumbed to irksome cancer treatment following a run-in with skin cancer. Once a date has been set for corrective surgery, Arthur sets his mind on organising a real-life adventure – a bucket list trip to Machu Picchu in Peru where he finds peace and a calming of the spirit. Arthur’s bullish nature ...

Audiobooks in Thames Settings

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Drift downstream on the river Thames from Oxfordshire meadows to London with these 30 short stories in two books, now also in audiobook from Audible and iTunes: http://mybook.to/TimShortStories

London’s History Brought to Life

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Tim Walker's London Tales is an intriguing collection of short stories that draw on London's 2000-year history. It is a companion volume to Thames Valley Tales.  From Roman times through the Medieval period to the Great Fire of 1666, then through Restoration elegance to the Blitz of WWII, London has survived, prospered and reinvented itself many times, absorbing waves of immigrants along the way.  The city's rich history is brought to life in eleven human dramas set along the timeline of London's lifespan to date, ending with a dystopian vision of the city's imagined end. Now available from Amazon in Kindle, paperback and Kindle Unlimited.

New Audiobook Launched

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In March 2023, Tim Walker re-published his Thames Valley Tales as a second edition, and also published it as an audiobook. He hired actor Richard James to narrate and produce the nine stories in the audiobook; now available from Amazon Audible. Thames Valley Tales is a light-hearted yet thought-provoking collection of nine stories by Tim Walker. These tales are based on the author's experience of living in Thames Valley towns, and combine contemporary themes with the rich history and legends associated with an area stretching from the heart of rural England to London. The collection includes The Goldfish Bowl, in which an unlikely friendship is struck between a pop star and an arms dealer in Goring-on-Thames; Maidenhead Thicket, where the ghost of legendary highwayman, Dick Turpin surprises a Council surveyor; The White Horse intrigue surrounding the dating of the famous chalk carving on the Berkshire Downs; Murder at Henley Regatta, a beguiling whodunit, and The Colnbr...

A Light in the Dark Ages

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A Light in the Dark Ages is a book series created by Tim Walker. It attempts to plug the black hole in British history known as 'The Dark Ages' with an imagined narrative based around scant historical evidence.  Book one, Abandoned (http://mybook.to/Abandoned), starts in London (Londinium) in the year 410 AD - the year generally taken for the final separation of Roman administration from the province of Britannia. It follows the fortunes of ficticious character, Marcus, and his efforts to organise the defence of his town from a roving Saxon raiding party. It also introduces two of the first of Geoffrey of Monmouth's proposed post-Roman era 'Kings of the Britons' (in his twelfth century history book) - Constantine and Vortigern. Book two - Ambrosius : Last of the Romans (http://mybook.to/Ambrosius) covers the imagined career of Ambrosius Aurelianus, described by sixth century monk, Gildas, as 'the last of the Romans' due to his imperial descen...