Author dorabenley

Trier In The Edward Ware Thrillers: Evocative Location Trier appears more than once in the Edward Ware Thrillers at War Series. Why? It has some of the best preserved Roman ruins in Europe, even better than Italy in many respects…. Continue Reading →

Meet the Dragon: No, we haven’t decided to publish fantasy romances about the Middle Ages. But Cheops Books LLC has hired a new secretary by the name of Dragon. Dragon takes dictation, and through Dragon we can compose manuscripts faster… Continue Reading →

Real Life Archaeologists In Edward Ware Thrillers At War: In one of my books the excavations at Carchemish that ended prematurely in 1914 and were not resumed until after the Great War play a big role. The archaeologist here was… Continue Reading →

When I first went to undergraduate school I was an archaeology major at Bryn Mawr, which is a women’s college in the Philadelphia suburbs. I had wild ideas of being a classical archaeologist of all things and took Baby Greek,… Continue Reading →

1940 was before the era of modern Presidential Debates, though televisions did already exist in a few American households. But nevertheless on the night of the First Presidential Debate this fall, Cheops Books will stage a debate between Wendell Wilkie,… Continue Reading →

Revenge: Freebie of the Week: Revenge will be the Cheops Books LLC freebie of the week starting on Saturday. You will be able to download this young adult thriller from Saturday until Wednesday on Amazon Kindle. But hurry! This offer… Continue Reading →

Edward’s Mother, the Dowager Lady Ware, Came From Nova Scotia: Edward’s mother, the Dowager Lady Ware, who has an important presence in the Edward Ware Thriller Series, hailed from the Atlantic Provinces of Canada. (“Nova Scotia” means “New Scotland” so… Continue Reading →

The grandson of the hero of the Cherusci Plot, Caius Antonius, is working for Pliny the Elder in 79 AD. Pliny is the governor of Germany and is residing in Trier on the Moselle River. Suddenly a German warrior attacks… Continue Reading →

I bet you wish that you could have a “dark horse” candidate for the election coming up in November. Instead you have the wife of a former President vs. a non politician billionaire. It is unlikely you will “do a… Continue Reading →

Captive at the Berghof: Part 2, to be published as an ebook on amazon.com on October 15, is now available to listen to on Audible. You can now find out what happens next in the further adventures of Dora and… Continue Reading →