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:
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...
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.
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