Tom Evans

Tom Evans

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I am a creative catalyst, unblocker, wizard of light bulb moments and an author of five books and counting:

- The Art and Science of Light Bulb Moments
- Flavours of Thought
- Blocks
- Soulwave
- 100 Years of Ermintrude

I help people tap into unlimited creativity and to unleash their full potential.

I breathe life into businesses and ideas that are stuck or just a bit lost. If you have ever had an idea, done nothing with it and seen it copied, I will show you how to stop that happening ever again.

I have amassed this eclectic skill set from 20 years in broadcasting, 10 years in Internet technology and 8 years researching the true nature of consciousness.

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The Sons of Godwine: Part Two of The Last Great Saxon Earls

The Sons of Godwine: Part Two of The Last Great Saxon Earls

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<p>Emerging from the long shadow cast by his formidable father, Harold Godwineson showed himself to be a worthy successor to the Earldom of Wessex. In the following twelve years, he became the King's most trusted advisor, practically taking the reins of government into his own hands. And on Edward the Confessor's death, Harold Godwineson mounted the throne—the first king of England not of royal blood. Yet Harold was only a man, and his rise in fortune was not blameless. Like any person aspiring to power, he made choices he wasn't particularly proud of. Unfortunately, those closest to him sometimes paid the price of his fame.<br /><br />This is a story of Godwine's family as told from the viewpoint of Harold and his younger brothers. Queen Editha, known for her Vita Ædwardi Regis, originally commissioned a work to memorialize the deeds of her family, but after the Conquest historians tell us she abandoned this project and concentrated on her husband, the less dangerous subject. In THE SONS OF GODWINE and FATAL RIVALRY, I am telling the story as it might have survived had she collected and passed on the memoirs of her tragic brothers.<br /><br />This book is part two of The Last Great Saxon Earls series. Book one, GODWINE KINGMAKER, depicted the rise and fall of the first Earl of Wessex who came to power under Canute and rose to preeminence at the beginning of Edward the Confessor's reign. Unfortunately, Godwine's misguided efforts to champion his eldest son Swegn recoiled on the whole family, contributing to their outlawry and Queen Editha's disgrace. Their exile only lasted one year and they returned victorious to London, though it was obvious that Harold's career was just beginning as his father's journey was coming to an end.<br /><br />Harold's siblings were all overshadowed by their famous brother; in their memoirs we see remarks tinged sometimes with admiration, sometimes with skepticism, and in Tostig's case, with jealousy. We see a Harold who is ambitious, self-assured, sometimes egocentric, imperfect, yet heroic. His own story is all about Harold, but his brothers see things a little differently. Throughout, their observations are purely subjective, and witnessing events through their eyes gives us an insider’s perspective.<br /><br />Harold was his mother's favorite, confident enough to rise above petty sibling rivalry but Tostig, next in line, was not so lucky. Harold would have been surprised by Tostig's vindictiveness, if he had ever given his brother a second thought. And that was the problem. Tostig's love/hate relationship with Harold would eventually destroy everything they worked for, leaving the country open to foreign conquest. This subplot comes to a crisis in book three of the series, FATAL RIVALRY.</p>

Story Behind The Book

This is a sample of a novel I have written and am currently editing for publication in 2012

Reviews

More. You simply can't end it there. I don't just want, I need to know what's going to happen next. <br /><br />From the first page this gripped me, the flow of words creating vivid images for my imagination to feast upon, as the story gains pace I need to slow down to savour the descriptions of new terrain to create my own visual. <br /><br />What is so scary is that this could be reality. That the cycle of life on earth will one day have to end, and that we are possibly advanced enough to consider life elsewhere in the universe. What is particularly moving is the description of a dying earth. <br /><br />Is there no hope for the moon dwellers? No space station to sustain them? How is new life going to continue? What provisions are in place? How easy will it be to start again? Will you be able to see it through to a return to earth on another millennia? <br /><br />This writing is good. More please.