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Richard Denning

Richard Denning

About

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 43 and am married with two children (Helen and Matthew)

Activities and Interests

I am a writer with a strong interest in historical settings as well as horror and fantasy.

Reading - Well I love to. Here are some of my favourite books
Lord of the Rings 
Sharpe Series (Bernard Cornwell and his other books) 
Eagle Series Simon Scarrow 
Disk world books - Terry Pratchett 
Neverwhere Neil Gaiman

Gaming
I am also a keen player of board games and other games and run UK Games Expo (the UK's largest mixed format Games convention). I am a game designer and in October 2010 I released my first Board Game inspired by the Great Fire on London.

My websites 
http://www.richarddenning.co.uk 
http://www.medusagames.co.uk 
http://www.UKGamesExpo.co.uk

Buy my books:

http://www.merciabooks.co.uk/buying.html

You can email me on r.denning@btinternet.com

The Usurper King (The Plantagenet Legacy Book 3)

The Usurper King (The Plantagenet Legacy Book 3)

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<p><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">First, he led his own uprising. Then he captured a forsaken king. Henry had no intention of taking the crown for himself; it was given to him by popular acclaim. Alas, it didn't take long to realize that that having the kingship was much less rewarding than striving for it. Only three months after his coronation, Henry IV had to face a rebellion led by Richard's disgruntled favorites. Repressive measures led to more discontent. His own supporters turned against him, demanding more than he could give. The haughty Percies precipitated the Battle of Shrewsbury which nearly cost him the throne—and his life.</span><br style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;" /><span style="color:rgb(15,17,17);font-family:'Amazon Ember', Arial, sans-serif;font-size:14px;">To make matters worse, even after Richard II's funeral, the deposed monarch was rumored to be in Scotland, planning his return. The king just wouldn't stay down and malcontents wanted him back.</span></p>

Story Behind The Book

The Great Fire of London raged from September 2nd to 5th and destroyed the heart of the medieval city of London. Some 13,000 houses and hundreds of churches, guild houses, warehouses and historical buildings went up in smoke. 80,000 people were made homeless. I have always found this great event fascinating and started researching it in detail a few years back. I started reading around what beliefs and superstitions people had. I found about the widespread paranoia about foreign plots and conspiracies that people had at the time as well as their belief in magic being real. http://www.richarddenning.co.uk/thelastseal.htmlAll that came together very quickly into a idea. I asked myself what if the fire was not just an accident, what if there really were secret societies involved and a supernatural explanation behind the great event.

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<p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">“A diamond of a compulsive read” </em><br /><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Helen Hollick, Author of Sea Witch</strong></em></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"><em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">“At times, I literally couldn’t put the book down and was hooked to finding out what happened next. I was extremely impressed by your ability to keep the reader engaged with the action throughout.”</em><br /><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Stephanie Williams, editor, Rebel Books.</strong></p> <p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;"> </p> <p align="left" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">“<em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">The historical elements really shine and kept me interested, as did the atmosphere of a burning London and all the darkness and bleakness surrounding the terrifying Dantalion… The tension and suspense in the latter part of the book were terrific…</em> <em style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">at several points I had butterflies in my stomach.”</em><br /><strong style="margin:0px;padding:0px;">Leigh Ferrani, author, Oxford Literary Consultancy</strong></p>