Paul Rushworth-Brown: Meet the Author on Indie Book Source
March 8, 2023
Caleb Pirtle III
Join Australian novelist Paul Rushworth-Brown on an archived edition of Meet The Author at Indie Book Source, hosted by Rob and Joan Carter.
Paul Rushworth-Brown was born in Maidstone, Kent, England. He spent time in a foster home in Manchester before emigrating to Canada with his mother in 1972. He spent his teenage years living and attending school in Toronto, Ontario, where he also played professional soccer in the Canadian National Soccer League.
In 1982, he emigrated to Australia to spend time with his father, Jimmy Brown, who had moved there from Yorkshire in the mid-fifties.
Paul has written three novels, Skulduggery (originally self-published but now rewritten and distributed by Shawline Publishing). Red Winter Journey was nominated for a NSW Premier’s Literature Award. Dream of Courage will be released in November 2023.
‘There is an air of authenticity in the descriptions! Exciting, mysterious and historically accurate adventures pull no punches about the life and hardships of peasants living on the moors of Yorkshire in 1590.
At a time when life expectancy was thirty-five, children rarely lived past the age of six and ale was consumed liberally because the water was undrinkable. Paul’s novels have numerous twists and turns that leave you wanting to know what happens next. ‘
A tale of a peasant family caught in the ravages of the English Civil War in 1642. A young man, Tommy Rushworth, tries to stay alive after being absconded into the Parliamentary Army and taken off to war. Thomas Rushworth Snr is racing against time to save his son from imminent death in a war he wanted no part of.
Back in Haworth, Tommy’s mother despairs, waiting news of the fate of her son and husband. Through the turmoil and suffering, William and Lucy, develop their own love story and are tested to the limit by the persecution of the steward of the manor who conspires to sabotage their future.
The bloody hell of war and the saga of family tribulations drive this period drama with exceptional narrative and factual accuracy of the talented author who is becoming one of Australia’s established new authors.
The bleak Pennine moors of Yorkshire is a beautiful, harsh place close to the sky, rugged and rough, no boundaries ’cept the horizon, which, in some places, went on forever.
Green pastures and wayward hills are in the colors of ochre, brown, and pink in the spring. Green squares divided the land on one side of the lane and on the other. Sheep with thick wool and dark snout dotted the hills and dales.
One-room cruck house cottages are scattered, smoke billowing out of some and not others. Dry stonewalls are dividing and falling, a patchwork of green, green, and more green. Long grasses whispered while swaying in the chilled wind, waiting for the summer months.
The story, set on the moors of West Yorkshire, follows wee Thomas and his family shortly after losing his father to consumption.
Times were tough in 1590, and there were shenanigans and skulduggery committed by locals and outsiders alike. Queen Bess has died, and King James sits on the throne of England and Scotland.
Thomas Rushworth is now the man of the house, being the older of the two boys. He is set to marry Agnes in an arranged marriage, but a love story develops between them.
This rollicking adventure paints a descriptive picture of the characters and the landscape they fill. You are kept in suspense till the final pages where one hopes good will triumph over evil.
WATCH HERE:
FACEBOOK
https://www.facebook.com/
https://www.facebook.com/
https://www.facebook.com/
LINKEDIN
https://www.linkedin.com/in/
YOUTUBE
https://www.youtube.com/
https://www.youtube.com/
Link to all previous episodes at: https://indiebooksource.
Share This Post
action, adventure, author, fantasy, historical, Indie Book Source, Meet the Author, Paul Rushworth-Brown, podcast, Red Winter Journey, science fiction, Skulduggery
