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Behind the Author
Coming from a Forces Family, J.R. Mulholland lived in Germany and England before the family returned to their native Northern Ireland. His father's itchy feet took them on to Scotland and then back to England where they finally settled down.
J.R. Mulholland moved to Wales to complete the UK set, then spent time in Southampton, Bristol, Nottingham and Manchester. He now lives in Chesterfield, with his pet snail, Gilbert.
Having worked as an aircraft engineer, a labourer, an environmental health officer, a harbour master, a cleaner, a fuel barge attendant, a gardener, a market trader, a meat inspector in slaughterhouses, a driver, a warehouse picker and a geo-environmental engineer, he thought it was high time he became an author.
BEFORE THE MAST
by J.R. Mulholland
January 20, 2021
Available on Amazon both in paperback and
Kindle eBook.
Before the Mast, is a Young Adult historical novel, highlighting the brutality of life in the Eighteenth Century Royal Navy.
It is the first book in the Adventures of Dan Leake trilogy, where destitute fourteen-year old Dan attempts to find his press-ganged father, but on the way finds war, piracy and slavery, before finally finding himself.
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HOIST THE BLACK FLAG
by J.R. Mulholland
Release date: February 23, 2021
Amazon (Paperback and Kindle eBook).
1720. The Golden Age of Piracy.
After setting out to look for his press-ganged father, fifteen-year old Dan Leake finds himself clinging to a barrel in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. His luck changes when a passing ship saves him from a watery grave, but his joy is short-lived. He soon discovers that his rescuers are not what they seem.
Dan is forced to join Calico Jack’s blood-thirsty crew, which includes Anne Bonny and Mary Read. He faces death on a daily basis as they career around the Caribbean lurching from one hair-raising adventure to another.
At last he reaches Jamaica, where he believes he will finally find his long lost father. However, his problems are far from over. Caught up in a world of deceit, slavery, piracy and betrayal, Dan’s life is turned upside down as he fights to make sense of a corrupt world, and for his very survival.
Hoist the Black Flag is the second book in The Adventures of Dan Leake, trilogy.
THE PIRATE REPUBLIC
by J.R. Mulholland
Released 14 January 2022
The Pirate Republic is a Young Adult historical novel set in a background of piracy and slavery in Africa and the Caribbean in the early 1700s.
With his world turned upside down, and disillusioned with family and society, Dan Leake, now 16, gets together a disparate group of ex-pirates and runaway slaves. With this motley crew, Dan steals a ship and they escape from Jamaica. They set sail for Africa where they plan to disrupt the African slave trade and get rich at the same time.
Pursued by the navies of the powerful slaving nations, and hunted by vengeful pirates, Dan and his followers are forced from the Atlantic. Rounding the stormy Cape of Good Hope, they sail into the Indian Ocean searching for the legendary pirate republic of Libertalia, where Dan hopes they will find peace and freedom.
But when do hopes ever come true?
The Pirate Republic is the third book in The Adventures of Dan Leake trilogy,
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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Released February 2024
From a rickety old caravan in 60's Ireland, via Germany and bonny Scotland, to the leafy suburbs of southern England, a Forces Brat battles his way to manhood, ably hindered by his large and eccentric family.
Contains attitudes of the ties, which the author finds offensive.
Acclaim for THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY:
"A literary Masterpiece." Mum
"I couldn't put it down." Superglue magazine
"A cracking good read, but not enough mention of rats and mice."
Small Rodents Weekly
"I stumbled across this book by accident but can honestly say it is one of the most amusing books I have ever read."
Genuine Kindle customer.
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