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Thailand
Henry Ashford is an author of historical novels set in forgotten times and places of the 20th century.
I have spent much more of my life reading than I have writing! I have always been an avid reader of historical fiction but, over the years, I found that I was revisiting the same times, places, wars and campaigns over and over again. So I started to research the forgotten wars and campaigns... and then I started to write. Research is the foundation of my work. I will only work with original sources, documents and photographs. Historical accuracy is the backbone of my work. The fiction wraps around it.
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1901: 2nd Lt James Markham should have been starting his military career with the garrison in Rawalpindi. Instead, by some military foul-up, he finds himself diverted to Somaliland and the pursuit of the "Mad Mullah". A Line in the Sand follows James as he learns his trade in the most inhospitable environment, against an opponent that can muster ten times the number of British forces.
The Royal Navy is blockading the Straits of Hormuz in an effort to stamp out the arms trade through Persia to the North-west Frontier. Harry Chapman must find the source. But can he also make a profit?
The Anglo-Persian Oil Company strikes oil on the neutral zone in Persia. Harry Chapman wins a contract to supply the oilfields... provided he also protects them from the elusive German agent - Wilhelm Wassmuss
Persia 1909: Harry Chapman was a successful merchant until his Uncle's firm went bankrupt. Rescued by a mysterious investor, Harry finds himself drawn unwillingly into the Great Game between The Great Powers. But can he still make a profit?
