Nigel Farndale was born and raised in the Yorkshire Dales where he farmed with his father and grandfather, a veteran of the Trenches. He is the author of Haw-Haw: The Tragedy of William and Margaret Joyce, a biography shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. He now lives on the Hampshire-Sussex border with his wife and their three children.
Epic....a truly transcendental reading experience. <br> --BookPage.com <br> [An] elegant meditation on morality (among many other topics)....Farndale...knows how to tell a terrific story. <br>-- Publishers Weekly, starred review <br>International praise for Nigel Farndale's THE BLASPHEMER <br> This is a fine novel; strange and unforgettable. <br>--Kate Saunders, The Times [London] <br> A great achievement...To take on the First World War as so very many have done and make it fresh is remarkable. <br>--Melvyn Bragg <br> Does suspense exceptionally well, and is a book that won't leave your fingernails intact...a terrifically exciting and thought-provoking must-read. <br>--John Harding, Daily Mail<br> <br> Beautiful...Farndale's elegant prose, his storytelling ability and the wise tolerance with which he views...his characters lend his exhilarating novel a tenderly redemptive afterimage. <br>--Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph <br> This perfectly constructed d