Profile: Mark Francis

About This Author

Bon-viveur, boulevardier, former KGB assassin and professional liar - Mark Francis is only one of these things. Living in Paddington with his wife, son & sociopathic dog, he has worked as a social worker for untold years on the mean streets of Glasgow, London & downtown Bexhill. He describes himself as "jarkman to the Canting Crew" in the hope that nobody in authority will know what he is talking about. His books, the Godfrey Paper,s contain some sex, mostly violence and the kind of typographical errors that so inspired the 17th century to be one of the most colourful in our history. That colour being, apart from blood red, a rather disgusting shade of brown for the most part. He was on Mastermind for 17th century history (23 since you wondered) but apart from that has no history qualifications (apart from A level) which probably explains the diabolical liberties he has the nerve to get away with (although everything is minutely researched & includes some remarkable accuracies as well as possible inaccuracies.) His protagonist Edmund Godfrey was an historical figure whose death in a ditch impaled on his own sword in 1678 has never been solved. Website (with audio, quizzes, video, souvenirs for sale- http://kianifrancis.wix.com/godfreypapers. Books in order >1. The Fanatiques' Creed (1661) >2. The Terror of Terrors (1662) >3. The Monkey Duchess (1663) >4. The Devil's Trumpet (1664) "The Black Book" is a collection of the first 3 books. It is cheaper to produce & only one set of shipping charges. If however you already bought book one I am going to issue a different collection of Volumes 234- which will be "The White Book".or "Whyte Book" (celebrating variant spellings so ytypical of the 17th century.