It was indeed - for Wrexham, our annus mirabilis. February: Establishing the Football Association of Wales Apart from anything else, as Wrexham AFC make the headlines so often, it's worth noting this one. The founding of the Football Association of Wales in February 1876 at the Wynnstay Hotel in Wrexham. The constitution was confirmed a few … [Read more...] about 1876, Wrexham’s “Year of Wonder”
Wrexham 1876
Settings and interesting trivia arising from the author's twelfth novel, Blood Among the Threads, set in Wrexham during the town's "anno mirabilis", 1876.
Coming Soon – Blood Among the Threads
Wrexham, 1876. Meet Alfred Neobard Palmer, an unlikely hero. “It was a death which had brought him here. Death by snake venom, of all things.” Palmer – and his more courageous sweetheart, young Ettie Francis. A series of accidental deaths which increasingly seem – well, more than simply accidental. Deaths luring Palmer and Ettie, slowly but surely, … [Read more...] about Coming Soon – Blood Among the Threads
George W.M. Reynolds – Forgotten Rival to Charles Dickens
In 1876, most people would have been familiar with George W.M. Reynolds and I couldn't help including him in a couple of chapters in Blood Among The Threads. But I originally ran into George Reynolds about ten years ago. I was writing the first of my Spanish Civil War novels, The Assassin’s Mark, and I needed to find an appropriate real-life … [Read more...] about George W.M. Reynolds – Forgotten Rival to Charles Dickens