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Lord David Prosser

Lord David Prosser

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A retired ex Local Government Officer with a horse mad wife, a cat who acts as my alarm clock at the time he wants me to get up, and a daughter who must be wonderful because she thinks her dad is. I live in a small village in North Wales and became an author almost by accident when a friend liked a day's diary I sent her in answer to a 'How was your day"? query. Needless to say the day was a fiction from start to finish.

A King Under Siege

A King Under Siege

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<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">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.</span><br /><span class="a-text-bold" style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-weight:700;">B.R.A.G. Medallion honoree!</span></p>

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A continuation of Lord David's life as a member of the Gentry. Having the opportunity to meet all the slightly quirky characters of the village and of the family come to that.

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Lord David returns with a hilarious sequel to his well-received book, My Barshetshire Diary. While coping with his usual difficulties – the domineering feline, Oscar, the intimidating Lady J, a rebellious credit card that refuses to leave his pocket, and the general burdens a titled lord must endure with a stiff upper lip – Lord David has now met his match. The great matriarch, Triple D – Diana the Dowager Duchess of Cheam to be exact – needs his services in her fund raising schemes, something that the shy and retiring lord does not enjoy one bit. Top it off with the return of the Dreadful Edna, who has some strange political schemes of her own, and you can see that Lord David is in<span class="read_more_elips">... <a href="#"><font color="#005388">More &gt;</font></a></span><span> the soup – sometimes quite literally, especially during visits to his favorite restaurants. The fun is ably assisted by the brilliant illustrations of the artist Sara Japanwalla, who seems to have invaded Lord David’s mind, so well she captures the characters, the expressions, and the activities of the slightly deranged denizens of Barsetshire. Their collaboration is priceless. This is the perfect book to cheer you up during the hard times we are all encountering these days. You’ll be laughing so hard at the expense of poor Lord David, that your own troubles will become quite insignificant by comparison. And if by any chance you have missed the previous books – My Barsetshire Diary and The Queen’s Envoy – now is the time to get them. Believe me, you’ll want them; Barsetshire becomes quite addictive under Lord David’s pen.<br />Ilil Arbel</span>