Winston Churchill
(Written 14th of September 6180 SC / 2017 CE)
Winston Churchill was a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He came to prominence especiall during World War II, in leading Britain against the evils of Nazi Germany under Adolph Hitler. Winston was traditional in his ways, but would act boldly at time, and break rules to get things done. He inspired England during the war with determined speeches to oppose the blitzkrieg of Germany, to fight them on the beaches and in the air and to defend the British Way of Life. England had declared war on Germany in 1939 after Germany had invaded Poland. This had crossed the line in British political opinion, and so war unfortunately had to be waged. Prominent during the war was the Spitfire, a British plane, which was a key asset in the Battle of Britain, the airwar fought with Germany in the skies over Britain. Germany didn’t win that fight, in the end. They left off, and Britain eventually, when the American’s joined the fight, pushed into Europe with D Day, and eventually conquered the German’s attempt at building another reich for the glory of Germany. Winston Churchill lived on after the war, and was one of the most influential people of the 20th century. He was also an artist, and our family have a jug with some of his artwork on it. After resigning from Government in 1955 he painted over 500 pieces of artwork as a hobby of his. Winston was born on the 30th of November 1874 in Blenheim Castle in Woodstock, Oxfordshire and died at his London home, aged 90, on the 24th of January 1965.
Hugh Cook
(Written 14th of September 6180 SC / 2017 CE)
Hugh Walter Gilbert Cook was a science fiction author, the writer behind the 10 volume ‘Chronicles of an Age of Darkness’. He was born in 1956 in Essex in England. Childhood experiences of castles in England and later on experiences from his time in Kiribati, an island on the equator, were things which influenced his writing. Book covers of the Chronicles of an Age of Darkness belie this fact. He later moved to New Zeland were his first novel was published in 1980, titled ‘Plague Summer. The Chronicles of an Age of Darkness was conceived of as ultimately encompassing 60 volumes, and while only 10 were ever published, there are details on Hugh’s website of plot notions for some of the other planned works. He moved to Japan in 1997 were he taught English. He underwent treament for cancer in 2005, non-Hodgins Lymphoma, and wrote a medical memoir about his experiences on this. He passed away on the 8th of November 2008 following a relapse, in a hospice in Auckland, New Zealand. The 10 volumes of the Chronicles of an Age of Darkness are:
The Wizards and the Warriors
The Wordsmiths and the Warguild
The Women and the Warlords
The Walrus and the Warwolf
The Wicked and the Witless
The Wishstone and the Wonderworkers
The Wazir and the Witch
The Werewolf and the Wormlord
The Worshippers and the Way
The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster
My own Fanfiction work ‘The Wyvvern and the Warlock’ is tentatively Volume 11 in the saga, featuring characters from The Wordsmiths and the Warguild. In recent times I started a facebook group for Hugh Cook’s writings, a fanclub, which has shown a little bit of interest from the public. There is also my Hugh Cook Noahide Fanfiction website where you can find the Wyvvern and the Warlock: http://hughcooknoahidefanfiction.angelfire.com/