Alan Norris: 22 books

To most in the Realm of Drugolin, otherly spirit lore lingered as mysterious legends best suited for late night hearths. On rare occasions one might hear of strange visitations. Some of huge, radiant beings bearing aid and guidance. Others of dark, evil creatures summoning dread and death. All were...

Pirates! This word often brings to mind the popular image of swashbuckling heroes such as “Blackbeard” and his contemporaries, but some of the earliest known Pirates were women and one of them was none other than King Alfred the Great’s daughter; the Princess Aethelflaed. After the King’s...

Volume one of “A Reluctant Warrior” tells of the adventures and travels of Ranulf, from his lowly beginnings as a ragged orphan, to becoming a national hero and lord of the manor.Although sent to the court of King Alfred to become a scholar, he becomes involved with the defence of the realm and,...

The King’s Ships Volume one of the Reluctant Warrior series told of the adventures and travels of Ranulf, from his lowly beginnings as a ragged orphan, to becoming a national hero and lord of the manor. This book, Volume Two, continues his story as he oversees the preparation of the King’s...

A collection of short, and not-so-short stories for those cup of coffee moments or trips to work on the bus.

"Censored" is the second book in the William Blake series. William and Marie, his new French wife, take to the sea in a Brigantine called the Lady-Bird. Their trip starts out as a honeymoon adventure and a dip into commerce, transporting wines and tea by sail-power. But along the way they become embroiled...

Pirates! This word often brings to mind the popular image of swashbuckling heroes such as “Blackbeard” and his contemporaries, but some of the earliest known Pirates were women and one of them was none other than King Alfred the Great’s daughter; the Princess Aethelflaed. After the King’s...

A small book of contemporary poems, some humourous, some serious and some to bring a tear. 

Volume one of “A Reluctant Warrior” tells of the adventures and travels of Ranulf, from his lowly beginnings as a ragged orphan, to becoming a national hero and lord of the manor.  Although sent to the court of King Alfred to become a scholar, he becomes involved with the defence of the realm...

The King’s ShipsVolume one of the Reluctant Warrior series tells of the adventures and travels of Ranulf, from his lowly beginnings as a ragged orphan, to becoming a national hero and lord of the manor. This book, Volume Two, continues his story as he oversees the preparation of the King’s...

Marie and William arrive home from their honeymoon adventures to a home in chaos. In just one week a stalker has made their lives a misery and everything they've built together is crumbling around their feet. The local police are less than helpful and William decides to take the law into his own hands....Then the stalker becomes a killer.

It is 1798 and our story begins on an early day in autumn after some of the wettest summer days on record. Admiral Nelson is at last beginning to win the war at sea against the French and life in the English countryside should be good. But it isn’t.In a quiet Devonshire valley a family lives and...

Death is an unwelcome caller even at   the very worst of times...... Sometimes, it seems that even for the very briefest shower of happiness, we are required to pay in torrents with grief, sadness and tears. William’s weekend begins with hope and with his spirits soaring to the stars....

This is an eclectic collection of short, and not-so-short stories, that I have written over the past years. Most of them are complete fiction, with perhaps their locality being the only anchor in reality. Others are of an autobiographical nature and I hope these will be obvious to you, the reader,...