Author dorabenley

My husband doubts if Churchill made an offer of peace to Hitler. He thinks that if he did, he didn’t intend to keep his promise. Maybe he wanted to bog Hitler down in Russia, but it would be just a… Continue Reading →

Colonel Sir Edward Ware lives at Ware Hall outside Salisbury. These are the surroundings he’s familiar with in the Edward Ware Thriller Series. You can see everything from the New Forest which grows around his estate to Salisbury Cathedral where… Continue Reading →

If you look over your shoulder, you think you’d see William the Conqueror himself. What I found particularly spooky was the Cloisters at Salisbury Cathedral. There may be a greensward but apparently there are bodies buried there, too. And when… Continue Reading →

Where I live in Tucson, Arizona there are no deciduous trees. The only trees are a few small native ones that are evergreens. For instance, the Palo Verde tree has green bark and grows to be only about 12 or… Continue Reading →

Lately I haven’t been writing YA horror and thriller novels because there doesn’t seem to be a market for them anymore. The Edward Ware Thriller Series is an adult historical thriller series. I did have the zany idea of linking… Continue Reading →

Since we’re on the theme of Canterbury, though I’ve never visited the town, I did see a musical production of The Canterbury Tales put on by RADA. I took some photos. I wasn’t supposed to, but I was sitting in… Continue Reading →

Hitler At The Eifel Tower In the case of Linge,Hitler told him to seek out this French peasant girl years later when he was on his triumphal journey to Paris. He gave him money to give to her. He felt… Continue Reading →

Two years ago I traveled to both England and Germany on the QM2. I’ve often wondered why the two countries still seem to be very competitive. I guess it is what’s left over from two world wars, but in terms… Continue Reading →

Eagles Nest on the Obersalzberg When I was at Bryn Mawr College about 25% of the other students seemed to be from the New York area and northern New Jersey. And a large percentage of those were of Jewish descent…. Continue Reading →