tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64754904691245986542012-01-29T08:44:15.932-08:00Writer of The World War Two SeriesDavid Westwoodnoreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6475490469124598654.post-40665480859429947972012-01-28T17:47:00.000-08:002012-01-29T08:44:15.956-08:00

The two remaining books in the World War Two Series are slated for release in 2013. One, Køpersund, 1942, takes place in occupied Norway, the other, Onishiwan, 1945, in Okinawa.

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If anyone tried to get in touch with me using the "Contact" page of the davidandrewwestwood.com publishing website, please try again. The system has been experiencing problems, and it seems that recent contacts were not delivered. The problems have now been fixed. My sincere apologies if anyone's message seemed to have been ignored.

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Deauvenoy, 1939 and Valdinato, 1943 are now published and available from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Apple iBooks. Deauvenoy, 1939 takes place in France.  Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Holland, Belgium and Norway have fallen to the Nazis. In Paris, the government quails before Hitler as France prepares, confusedly, to be next. Two citizens, at least, are determined to not give in — a rich

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The first three novels in my World War Two Series, Kelsmeath, 1940, Tullykillane, 1941, and Mossingdene, 1944, are now available internationally from Amazon, B&N and the Apple iBookstore. A fourth, Valdinato, 1943 follows early in 2012. <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; mso-font-charset:78; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable;

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I'm writing a novel for each of the years of World War Two. To me, it’s an inexhaustible subject for many reasons, some of which are the moral issues it confronts, its parallels to today’s wars, and the ever-present possibility of dictator-driven genocide. <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"ＭＳ 明朝"; mso-font-charset:78; mso-generic-font-family:auto;

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Tullykillane, 1941 is set in Ireland during World War II. mmSean Russell, a Boston teen, has signed on as seaman on a convoy to Liverpool. His ship is torpedoed by a German submarine, and he’s washed ashore on the coast of County Mayo, the only survivor. His best friend has been drowned. He is nursed back to health by the Connolly family, fishermen who live outside the law. mmTo complicate

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Kelsmeath, 1940 is set in England during World War II. mmThe story opens in the present, the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Daniel Lamb, veteran ace pilot for the RAF, now ninety and handicapped, is being driven to the celebration to receive an award as one of the last of the Few. On the way, the passing panorama triggers memories of that summer of war and love. mmMost of the

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Mossingdene, 1944, is set in Los Angeles, Cambridge, and Berlin during the penultimate part of the Second World War. mmA remote village in England, filled with Allied soldiers, far from home, all of them poised on the brink of invading Europe. Into this volatile mix come three strangers: Eddie, bad boy from the wrong side of the tracks in Los Angeles, who avoids jail by signing up as a gunner

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