Location: United Kingdom
Member Since: April 05, 2010

Roger Williams


Biography

Journalist, writer and editor.

Fiction:
Aftermath (W.H.Allen, 1982)
A-Train (W.H.Allen, 1985)
Lunch With Elizabeth David (Little, Brown; Carol & Graf, 1999, pbk Abacus 2000)
High Times at the Hotel Bristol (Bristol Book Publishing, 2007)
Burning Barcelona (Bristol Book Publishing, 2008)

Non-Fiction:
Time Traveller: A history of Newspaper and Periodical Publishing (Cover Publishing with WH Smith, 1998)
The Royal Albert Hall: A Victorian Masterpiece for the 21st Century (Fitzhardinge Press, 2004)

Travel Guides
Author and editor of many travel guides, mostly to European destinations, for Insight Guides, Dorling Kindersley, Berlitz and National Geographic.

HIGH TIMES AT THE HOTEL BRISTOL has led to the Hotel Bristol Project: see blog below

Where to find Roger Williams online

Website: http://www.rogerwilliams.eu
Twitter: hotelltales
Blog: http://hotelbristolnews.blogspot.com

Where to buy in print

http://bristolbook.co.uk

Books

Father Thames    by Roger Williams
Price: $3.99 USD. 29740 words. Published on April 18, 2012. Fiction.
Stories from the incoming tide... Entertaining tales from some of the migrants, invaders, royalty and refugees who have crossed the North Sea and come up the River Thames to London. Written in the first person, these 20 short stories are ideal easy reading for tablets and mobiles.
A-Train    by Roger Williams
Price: $8.99 USD. 57360 words. Published on January 9, 2012. Fiction.
What happens when a nuclear train goes off the rails? Every year tons of nuclear waste move across Britain by rail. The specially constructed flasks that contain the radioactive material can withstand every foreseeable shock or collision. But what would happen if something went wrong? Really wrong? A-Train is a chilling novel that confronts that ultimate possibility.
Aftermath    by Roger Williams
Price: $8.99 USD. 63910 words. Published on January 9, 2012. Fiction.
The bomb dropped - but the world didn't end... Five 200-kiloton warheads explode over Eastern Britain. London is incinerated. Durham is devastated. Aberdeen is blown away. Through a shattered communications network the undamaged West struggles to respond as emergency systems creak into action. Burnt, bewildered, stunned, the survivors crawl from the wreckage into a fractured new world
Lunch With Elizabeth David    by Roger Williams
Price: $9.99 USD. 99610 words. Published on November 10, 2010. Fiction.
A new, revised edition of the acclaimed novel about the cookery writer Elizabeth David and her mentor, the literary figure Norman Douglas. In 1951, famous, feted and a by-word for scandal, Douglas approaches death on the island of Capri. Invitations to a last lunch go out to Graham Greene, Gracie Fields, Nancy Cunard, Harold Acton and to Eric – but whatever became of this young protégé?
The Royal Albert Hall: A Masterpiece for the 21st Century    by Roger Williams
Price: $4.99 USD. 20330 words. Published on October 14, 2010. Nonfiction.
The story of London's favourite "village hall", written to celebrate its upgrading and refurbishment. With unprecedented access to the archives, it tells of the great pageant of events that have taken place here. Home of the world famous Proms, opera house, sports arena, meeting hall, ballroom - it was also the only place the Beatles and Rolling Stones shared the same bill.
A–Z Travel Snapshots    by Roger Williams
Price: $3.99 USD. 10790 words. Published on September 22, 2010. Nonfiction.
An address book of recollections from a writer's life with links to diaries, articles, short stories and videos
Burning Barcelona    by Roger Williams
Price: $9.99 USD. 113040 words. Published on May 8, 2010. Fiction.
Science and the human spirit collide in a sparkling adventure based on real people and events. Set in England and Spain, "Burning Barcelona" tells the story of the installation of the first steam engine in the city - and the events that led to the most explosive night in its history. This page-turning tale is a match for the astonishing inventiveness of the era.
High Times at the Hotel Bristol    by Roger Williams
Price: $8.99 USD. 73110 words. Published on April 6, 2010. Fiction.
Fact, fiction, gossip, history, anecdote, scandal... These 20 entertaining short stories are based on some of the scores of hotels around the world named Bristol. Here you'll find Lady Thatcher, Leon Trotsky, The Prince of Wales and the outrageous Lord Bristol. A great bedside book to read at home - or in a hotel. ***As featured in the Wall Street Journal and on BBC Radio 4's Excess Baggage

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