The author is a retired GP Practice Manager, married with two sons. He has lived in and around Bristol for over sixty years. His father was a train driver from Taunton and his mother, who was born in Italy, was a shop assistant. Both have passed away. His sister and her family live in Cornwall. He is a lover of current affairs, rugby union and cricket. He is a voracious reader of historical fiction, and a lover of all things history, particularly Dark Age British history, including Arthuriana. He was diagnosed with ADHD at the ripe old age of sixty-one.
Young Arthur struggles beneath the title of Prince, Dux Bellorum in the war-scarred kingdoms of sixth-century Britannia. He is heir to a father whose ambition is as cold as it is unforgiving. Aruthur being too young to be hardened and too burdened to be free is haunted by the lives lost under his command and the contempt of a king who sees him only as a tool of war. Desperate to prove he is more than a pawn, he embarks on a reckless quest for a mythical cauldron spoken of in half-forgotten legends, only to ignite a brutal conflict with the vengeful Irish Ulaid. As war looms, He must confront betrayal within his own family, while longing for the love of the distant, enigmatic priestess Gwenhwyfar. Arthur The Scourge of Kings is a raw, intimate reimagining of a legendary figure. Where leadership scars, love wounds are forged through loss, regret and blood.
