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Jul.13.2010
Time Travel fascinates us. The dangers and potential gains along with the adventures that might be had are the stuff of a wealth of books, TV programmes and Films. No wonder: for Time Travel produces intriguing possibilities and ‘what ifs’.
There is the desire to explore the past that many of us...
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Jun.13.2010
On this day: June 13th 323 BC King Alexander the Great died of fever in Babylon. He was only 32 years old.
To me Alexander the Great is a perfect example of a man who seized the moment - he took the years he had and did something with them. What he did echoes down through the years even to this...
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Apr.21.2010
I went to the London Book Fair a couple of days ago.I thought I would feed back a bit on it.
So WHY did I go?I am only a self published Author and in fact I am my own publisher ( http://www.merciabooks.co.ukand http://www.richarddenning.co.uk is the obligatory quick plug). Well firstly I had...
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Apr.06.2010
RICHARD BUSBY (16o6-1695)
Modern perceptions of the classical education available at the famous English Public schools of Eton and Harrow owe alot to how those places evolved and established systems of education in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Yet one man above all can be argued to have done...
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Apr.04.2010
This is an article from a series I have written looking at the Anglo Saxons using material which I gathered in researching The Amber Treasure.
The preparation for warfare, the rituals surrounding it and the actual conduct of battle were central to the world view of the Anglo-Saxons. Even if a man...
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About Richard
Hi - I am Richard Denning. I was born in Ilkeston in Derbyshire and I live in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands. I am currently working as a General Practitioner with a North Birmingham practice. I am 42 and am married with two children (Helen and Matthew...
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Richard’s Favorite Books
Lord of the Rings (Tolkien)
Sharpe Series (Bernard Cornwell and his other books)
Eagle Series Simon Scarrow
Disk world books - Terry Pratchett
THe Emperor...