Profile: Philip Simpkin

This, the first novel in 'The Borough Boys' series, introduces rookie Police Constable Samson Shepherd and his experienced mentor, Constable John Beddows. Set in Leicester, England, in 1850, and set against an emerging Industrial Town, with its abject pov....

This book contains a number of folk tales in verse. The characters and locations are all well known Leicestershire Myths and Legends, and include Black Annis, the witch of Dane Hills; Bel the Giant; King Leir; Lady Jane Grey; The Blue Boar Inn, where King....