Archive for May 21st, 2014

Hitler’s First Lady

Wednesday, May 21st, 2014

Were the British offered peace terms in 1941, which would have set all Western Europe free of German occupation?

Who knew about this?

What did Churchill do? 

Read my explosive novel Hitler’s First Lady to find out!

In Paperback RRP from £7.99 and in Kindle from 92p. US $ and Euro equivalents.

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More Book News

Wednesday, May 21st, 2014

The Judas Cross

Downfall in Downing Street

Two Spooky Mysteries (A Gift of treason and Stanislaw’s Crossing)

Using the latest technology it has been possible to re-introduce new paperback editions of my back catalogue, out of print for years but still around second hand, so now readers can acquire these titles at very reasonable prices. Two 2008 titles published first by Arima, are now combined into one omnibus volume.  It has also been possible to introduce new Kindle editions as a spin off from the paperbacks, retailing at as little as$1.50 in the US and 92p in the UK. I can give my readers the benefit of cutting out all the middle men.

Hitler’s First Lady

The high quality of the paperback with its Easy Read print and wide spine margins makes this book more expensive, but worth it for those who can afford the extra. Now, for readers who have to budget more carefully (most of us!) there is now a Standard Edition costing less, with smaller but still very readable print. I am keen for young people and students to be able to access this important historical novel, so there is also a basic Kindle edition available, retailing at US $1.50 and £0.92  UK.

The original Kindle edition of Hitler’s First Lady, which is a dedicated file with ‘clickable’ chapters, is available at $5.99 and £3.99 plus VAT.

Amazon.com and Amazon UK  book pages are in the process of being updated over the next few days.

 

House Price Inflation: Now out of Control

Wednesday, May 21st, 2014

It is as predicted by this Blog, as well as many other more distinguished economic authorities, house price inflation is now, once again, out of control. This is entirely the fault of the Government, who instituted policies which could only lead to this outcome, but it is the responsibility of the Bank of England to put a stop to it. It has the powers, it must act, and must be heard and seen to act. Talking about it on TV chat shows is not acting and whispering in dark City corridors is neither acting nor being seen to act.

Failure to do so by the Bank will let the Government think it has got away with this illusory form of economic regeneration in the hope that a feel good factor will give them victory in 2015, before the crash comes, as come it will. Issuing warnings is not action and it is not enough; the situation is now critical and it must not get beyond recall.

 

Prince Charles and Putin: Like Father like Son

Wednesday, May 21st, 2014

Oh Dear! Prince Philip has an international reputation for saying the wrong things at the wrong time, but they are usually lighthearted and with little or no diplomatic implications. But his eldest son, Prince Charles, is quite another matter; he has an authority under the Constitution as Prince of Wales, which Philip the consort lacks, and will in the foreseeable future be King. Comparing Putin to Hitler and comparing the Russian absorption of the Crimea in response to an overwhelming vote by its majority Russian inhabitants, whether recognized by the West or not, to the Nazi rampage across Europe with all its genocidal apparatus and cruelty, is utterly absurd.

Worse than that, it is insulting to ordinary Russians whose forbears spilled blood in casualties running into tens of millions defeating Nazi Germany. Indeed only ten per cent of German casualties occurred on the Western front. Ninety per cent were in the East; the Nazis were destroyed largely by the Soviet Union. So these unfortunate words betray not only confusion of thoughts, but also ignorance of facts. They make his Royal Highness look a fool, which he is not, but far too many of the people who will become his subjects think he is.

As for Clarence House refusing to comment on ‘a private conversation’; this shows a woeful disconnect from the world of today. If you are a Royal on an official engagement with the press attending, there is no such thing.