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On this site you will see details of my contributions to Cheshire Life. Somerset Life. Steam World. Backtrack. Used Bike Guide UBG. New Woodworker. Cheshire Police Catalyst. Classiccars magazine, Winsford Chronicle. Middlewich Chronicle. Northwich Chronicle and Chester Chronicle. Together with examples of my published books and some of my current projects. I have also included some musings on life today. I attended St Wilfrids School Northwich and then served in the Royal Navy and the Cheshire Police.
I have now been voted onto the Society of Authors.
I have had an offer from a publisher to publish my autobiography. 'Can I come in now, Sarge?' (I have declined the offer at this stage).
Northwich, Winsford, Mid Cheshire Villages, Frodsham and Helsby, Nantwich, Chester, Middlewich & Holmes Chapel, Sandbach, Wheelock & District Through Time are are all in the shops and on line. Knutsford and District through time is now also in the shops and was launched at Waterstones at Knutsford on Saturday 19th of November
My current affairs blog is now up and running again. So is the periodic joke!
'Liverpool Soldier' has been well received, albeit that it is not available in many bricks and mortar bookshops. It can however be obtained at many web bookstores worldwide. If you have difficulty, contact me.
This is a review kindly posted on the Amazon.Com site:-
 Liverpool Soldier by Paul Hurley |
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story revolves around a German officer and his relationship with a British woman. Britain has lost the war against Germany, and most of Europe is under German rule. I won't give away any of the plot, but suffice to say, it has many twists and turns that will keep you turning the pages well into the night. You won't know how it ends until you turn the very last page.
I found it hard to find any faults with this book (other than a few grammatical errors). It's very well written and researched. If you enjoy WWII history in any way, do yourself a favor and pick it up. This one on the Amazon.co.uk site:-
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This is a review of Liverpool Soldier from the main Liverpool Daily:-
They are ordinary patriotic people with ordinary values, nothing fancy. Despite her dislike of the Germans, however, Angela is attracted to Ralf and so unfolds the story of patriotism, heroism, fanaticism, brutality, death and love.
Hurley is strong on detail, having researched the Third Reich. But this book is a nightmare rooted in the imagination. David Charters article in the Liverpool Daily Post
Hurley is strong on detail, having researched the Third Reich. But this book is a nightmare rooted in the imagination. David Charters article in the Liverpool Daily Post
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Writing as a full time occupation has various facets, newspaper journalism, magazine articles or writing fiction and non-fiction books. In a relatively short time, I have enjoyed a modicum of success in all of these areas. On Boxing Day 1999 I won the prize for having the letter of the week in the Mail on Sunday.
My first magazine article was in the Somerset Life magazine and then in 3 issues of the Cheshire Life magazine. I wrote a 3 parter in the Steam World magazine and staying on the same theme, an article in the Backtrack magazine. The interest in the Railways was a throwback to my childhood days when trainspotting was a national hobby!
My wife Rose was amazed to find herself on the centre fold of the Used Bike Guide UBG and
My book Liverpool Soldier is a novel based on an alternative history. It is a thriller that looks at Liverpool under the Nazi jackboot. The book is anti-Nazi but most certainly not anti-German. Despite the post war condemnation of Germany, there were many decent and honourable people serving in the German armed forces. They were not Nazis and many lost their lives whilst attempting the overthrow of Hitler and the return of sanity to the country they loved.
I have written a series of 24 children's book titled Police Dog Jake.
I am currently working on my second novel Manna From Hell.I will keep the site updated with any developments in relation to my work.
Life is not a rehersal it should to be enjoyed to the full. So Enjoy It!
Don't let the miserable moaners get you down. There are plenty of them about.
Britain is a beautiful place and we are lucky to live in it.
Middlewich published in May 2009 is a local history book.It looks through the eyes of photographers and the captions penned by myself and recently deceased local historian Brian Curzon at the town of Middlewich in Cheshire. It covers the period from the 1800s to the 1970's. From glum to glam via war and peace!