Profile: Philip Perry

About This Author

The books published reflect the wide interests of the Author, ranging from fantasy through holiday adventures to historical fiction and forward to new technology. The fantasy aspect is contained in The Bench, a volume of short stories each one of which is set outside the main stream of probability but not, with a little imagination, beyond the realms of possibility. The holiday adventures, Bust and The Shark on the Stairs, though are just the sort of disastrous mishaps that anyone with small children blithely walks into when expecting everything will be fine. And of course they were - after the event, although it can be seen that forewarned is not forearmed and history oh so often repeated itself, even if it was wearing a different hat the second time around. History too is also a theme of a trilogy of novels set during the Industrial Revolution. Whilst each volume is a stand alone fictional story of personal struggle to find the truth behind a web of lies and life threatening violence, each one takes place against the background of actual events that reflected the social and political upheavals of the times. Damned Charity – 1766 - a tale of murder and deceit set during the pillaging of warehouses and transports across the English East Midlands, when the common people, desperate for food and vital provisions take the law into their own hands. The Revolution Pump – 1790’s. Rejected by Parliament the Frameworkers of Nottingham turn to riot and machine breaking, actions that involve a naive young apprentice and lead him into a shady world of forgery and people smuggling, resulting in a trip to Paris during the French Revolution. Accused of a young girl’s murder there, he manages to flee the country only to find England in the grip of political strife and the mobs once more roaming the streets of his home town. As neighbour turns upon neighbour the level of violence spirals, threatening to tear the town apart. Remaining neutral is no longer an option but which side to choose? Framesmith – 1832, A Framesmith’s struggle to save his reputation and his liberty during seven eventful days of revolt and destruction throughout the town of Nottingham. Seven days during which Nottingham’s Castle is burnt down and rioting destroys Factories, Mills, Country Houses and Town houses alike. Seven eventful days where not only his life is at risk but also the lives of his friends and his fiancé. Leaving the past behind - two books, DMPB The Shavehorse and DMPB The Pole Lathe, look to the future. Both instructional guides, they detail how to create a 3d printed model of a simple object through reverse engineering, CAD programming and operation of a 3D Printer. Ideal for the wannabe 3D modeller, the student and the hobbyist alike. And in the pipeline? The Author is now working on a 3D print project around building a musical instrument. It is intended to produce both the instrument and the book (another in the DMPB series) of the build in 2026.