THE FLAVIAN TRILOGY
Three fascinating novels by Peter Longley STAR OF DESTINY, FISHERS OF MEN and ALONG THE EAGLE’S WAY A story of Mary Magdalene and Christian origins in the First Century AD Discussion groups nationwide have brought themselves to examine the sacred feminine, what was the role of women in Jesus’ world, and what is the true […]
ILLUSTRATED LECTURE: HITLER’S MOUNTAIN
By Peter Longley Hitler’s retreat in the mountains of Bavaria was one of the most important centresof government in the Third Reich. Hitler actually spent more time in the Berghof,his mountain house, than in his Berlin office. It was in this oversized chalet thatHitler planned the invasions of Poland, France and Russia and the events […]
UKRAINE – An Unnecessary Tragedy
By Peter Longley We are at a very dangerous time in the alignment of world powers all sparked by a relatively insignificant border struggle between Ukraine and the Russian Federation. But, remember, it was the relatively insignificant assassination of an Austrian Archduke in the Balkans that started the First World War, and it can be […]
Eton Mess or Brexit Fall Out? – The Ukraine Crisis
By Peter Longley Is Europe on the brink of war? Have we taken a gigantic step backwards? I wonder. We could be dragged into a long struggle with Vladimir Putin’s Russian Federation in which nobody will be the winner, least of all Ukraine. This is not 1938 all over again as Europe sat on the […]
The Importance of India in the trade routes of the First Century AD and the mystery of a tomb of Jesus in Northern India
By Peter Longley I am a writer of historical Fiction, but these days, like so many, I am constantly battling the current debate about this genre. Outside crime and memoir, historical fiction is possibly the most enjoyed form of fiction on the market these days, but nonetheless it faces the scrutiny of the purists. Can […]
John and Charles Wesley in America
By Peter Longley Many of us enjoyed the excellent tour of John Wesley’s London home and chapel on City Road on Wednesday, October 16. Most of you probably barely noticed the print in the dining room of Charles Wesley supposedly preaching to the native people of the Province of Georgia in the American colonies. It […]