Location: United Kingdom
Member Since: April 05, 2010

Roger Williams


Biography

London based journalist, author and editor.

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

    The Fisherman of Halicarnassus    by Roger Williams
    Price: $6.00 USD. 35780 words. Published on April 8, 2013. Nonfiction.
    Cevat Şakir Kabaağaçlı (1890–1973), known as the Fisherman of Halicarnassus, was the founder of the famous Mavi Yolculuk “BLUE VOYAGES”. A historian, humanist and ecologist, he was one of Turkey’s most popular writers and has been described as a modern Homer. This book explores life of the writer and the history and culture of these beautiful Aegean and Mediterranean sailing waters
    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: $2.99 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: $4.99 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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    Smashwords book reviews by Roger Williams

    • The Smuggling Life of Gabriel Tomkins on June 22, 2012
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      This rivetting story of a smuggler's life in 18th-century southern England shows not only how widespread the practice was, but that the likes of Gabriel Tomkins were just as capable of riding with law enforcers as they were with law breakers. Recalling his life as he faces the gallows in Bedford for robbing the Chester Mail, Tomkins seems like an engaging character telling his tales in a pub. Barker's cleverness here is to use surviving documents, to which Tomkins would not have had access, to reinforce his story. Some of the rogue's exploits are breathtakingly daring, and in a life of great mobility in which fortunes can change on a moment, he rode with both the Mayfield Men and the gratuously violent Hawkhurst Seacocks, as well as the law-enforcing Sherrif of Sussex, not to mention several years spent in penal servitude on tobacco plantations in America. It's a wonder he lasted so long. Tightly written, the book gallops along, and should appeal to anybody interested in mayhem and mishchief-making from the past.