Robert Adam

Biography

Popular culture has a selective memory when it comes to the significance of historical events. But telling lesser-remembered stories with fictional protagonists can bring them alive again.

It's that rediscovery of patterns and connections, often hidden in plain sight, which has been the inspiration for my writing. I hope you enjoy it.

Robert Adam, 2021
Twitter: @RobertAdam1969

Series

Charlemagne
An arc touching on key developments at the EEC, built around a framework of lesser-known historical events in the different member states, one for each book. The drama is narrated by an employee of EEC Internal Affairs, who is challenged as to which country he owes his allegiance.

Books

Den smale veien
Price: Free! Words: 108,370. Language: English. Published: August 11, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General
Norway, 1972: It's only two weeks until the EEC referendum, but things aren't going well for the Commission. Although Kramer has a plan to save the day, at the eleventh hour his man in Oslo finds himself in jail accused of murder. Only one person can turn things around, but first Oskar Lenkeit needs to work out who he can really trust - and that includes his own boss.
Golpe Borghese: Afterword to Under the Golden Sicilian Sun
Price: Free! Words: 11,790. Language: English. Published: August 11, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General, Essay » Political
Afterword to the Robert Adam novel "Under the Golden Sicilian Sun", describing the events of the December 1970 "Golpe Borghese" - a military-backed coup attempt in Italy against a backdrop of escalating political violence, intended to trigger emergency powers for a government crackdown on the far-left. This volume also includes Chapter 1 of the novel and selected notes from the Miscellany.
A Special Kind of Treachery
Series: Charlemagne. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 172,780. Language: English. Published: August 6, 2020 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical
London, 1971: Edward Heath is desperate to rush through EEC accession, not least because two-thirds of the electorate are against it. So when a vice ring makes threats against the Prime Minister, Kramer, the éminence grise of the European Commission, has no choice but to take action.
Under the Golden Sicilian Sun
Series: Charlemagne. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 170,310. Language: English. Published: November 9, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical
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Brussels, 1970: Oskar Lenkeit has been enthralled by the darling of the Berlaymont, right from the first day he met her. But for reasons of his own, he bitterly hates her too. As if life isn’t complicated enough, he has to work out why a wartime Italian special forces commander is in cahoots with the Mafia. And then get the East German Stasi to do something about it.
On the Green Hill of Tara
Series: Charlemagne. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 111,730. Language: English. Published: April 2, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General
Dublin, 1970: Oskar Lenkeit is a man on a mission, or rather two missions. The East German Stasi want to know why the Irish government have changed their minds about arming the IRA. The French want to know too - just in case they might want to pick up where Jack Lynch and his cabinet left off.
Animal Co-operative
Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 34,560. Language: English. Published: March 23, 2019 . Categories: Fiction » Fantasy » Historical, Fiction » Humor & comedy » Satire
The story of the EEC and the EU, up to recent times, told in the allegorical style of Animal Farm
At the Court of Charlemagne
Series: Charlemagne. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 83,480. Language: English. Published: December 24, 2018 . Categories: Fiction » Historical » General, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Historical
Oskar Lenkeit is a fish out of water at the EEC in spring 1969. He's about to find out how far.

Robert Adam's tag cloud

1971    1984    allegory    allende    animal farm    arms crisis    borghese    borgia    brexit    cia    cold war    collaboration    communism    coup    de gaulle    detective noir    dublin    east germany    eec    espionage    european union    george orwell    golpe borghese    heath    ira    ireland    italy    krays    london    mafia    nato    neofascism    nixon    northern ireland    police corruption    politics    satire    secret service    sicily    skorzeny    spinelli    stasi    troubles    vichy    years of lead