After I read "War and Peace" almost non-stop as a teenager, I wanted to write an Engluish equvalent. My studies at university encouraged me to use the English Civil War and the subsequent Commonwealth, Protectorate and Restoration. But I couldn't get past the details. It was only after I had read "Lord of the Rings" that I realised that I could create my own world. So "Through Fire" began...... in 1976 and was finally completed in 2006 after I had taken early retirement. Afte