About
SIMON CORBIN is a writer from Southwest London.
Simon has worked as a freelance journalist and copywriter and ateacher of Journalism, GCSE English, A-Level English and Key Skills.
RUDE BOY is Simon’s first novel. His next, LOVE, GUDRUN ENSSLIN will be released shortly.
A King Under Siege: Book One of The Plantagenet Legacy
Description
<p>Richard II found himself under siege not once, but twice in his minority. Crowned king at age ten, he was only fourteen when the Peasants' Revolt terrorized London. But he proved himself every bit the Plantagenet successor, facing Wat Tyler and the rebels when all seemed lost. Alas, his triumph was short-lived, and for the next ten years he struggled to assert himself against his uncles and increasingly hostile nobles. Just like in the days of his great-grandfather Edward II, vengeful magnates strove to separate him from his friends and advisors, and even threatened to depose him if he refused to do their bidding. The Lords Appellant, as they came to be known, purged the royal household with the help of the Merciless Parliament. They murdered his closest allies, leaving the King alone and defenseless. He would never forget his humiliation at the hands of his subjects. Richard's inability to protect his adherents would haunt him for the rest of his life, and he vowed that next time, retribution would be his.</p>
Story Behind The Book
Two brothers in conflict. This is London, 1977.
LITTLE BASTARD tells the story of two feuding brothers over a six-month period in 1977 – from the Queen’s Silver Jubilee to Christmas. Jason, the older brother, models himself on James Dean, rides a motorbike and is highly successful with women. Robin, the younger brother, is sensitive, introspective and worships Marc Bolan. The stories of Dean and Bolan (and their tragic car crash deaths) are interwoven with the principal narrative – foreshadowing the denouement of the novel when Jason’s motorbike crashes on the same stretch of road in Barnes as Marc Bolan’s Mini and leads the two warring brothers to a bitter final confrontation at Jason’s hospital bedside.
