Print version of George in London now available

A few years ago it seemed ebooks were going to overwhelm printed books. Big bookstores like Borders, and many small bookstores too, were closing and Amazon’s Kindle E-reader was a breakout product. After the initial surge, though, print books made a comeback. Some readers were never going to give them up.

Now my humorous historical novel George in London is getting with the times and is available in a print, softcover version. It’s a George in London you can hold in your hands, spill coffee on, break the spine of (if you must!), use to swat a fly, impress your friends with, and generally show your superior taste in secret histories of young George Washington set in London in 1751 yet still wildly funny and entertaining. Get yours today!

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George in London

Humorous Historical: 

George Washington made a brief visit to Barbados as a young man and never again left America. Well, that’s what the history books say. But an eighteenth-century manuscript discovered in the foundation of Mount Vernon changes everything. The manuscript tells of 19-year-old George Washington’s comic, picaresque 1751 trip to London seeking his fortune.

This isn’t George Washington the stuffy old founding father with the wooden teeth. He’s a young man still finding his voice. A younger son with no inheritance, George must make his own way in the world.

The newly discovered manuscript was written by George’s traveling companion, Darius Attucks, an African-American master mariner. Though an experienced sailor, Darius is barely older than George and not quite the man of the world he imagines himself. After saving George’s life in a shipwreck, Darius is convinced he has been tasked by Heaven to be George’s guide.

Darius and George join their patron, a German baron, and sell American land to wealthy Londoners. The well-connected baron promises George cash, a title and even a country estate for his efforts. Best of all, George wins the love of Sophie, a beautiful French countess. George’s expedition to London seems an utter success. What could possibly go wrong?

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