Peter Calvert: 4 books

This book seeks to tell the history of Mexico since the outbreak of the Revolution in 1910, setting it however in a wider historical context. It describes the period of civil war, the re-emergence of stable government and the consolidation in the 1930s of the so-called 'Institutionalized Revolution....

The rather old fashioned kingdom of Flopdoodle exists in a world which in some respects is vaguely like ours decades or even centuries ago, but in others is oddly different. When its young King decides to take a safari holiday, it turns out to be rather more challenging than he had expected. But this...

Four years after the Great Cheese War, His Majesty faces a new crisis. A small group of disaffected nobles are plotting rebellion. His Majesty acts quickly to break the conspiracy, but in doing so plays into the hands of the sinister Baron Balderdash, who wants the throne for himself. An unfortunate...

The evil Baron has triumphed. His Majesty faces the possibility of life in exile from his quaint but beloved country of Flopdoodle. The new rulers, though, he hears are divided amongst themselves. Can he turn the tables on them and, even if he can, how and where will he get the help he needs to regain his throne?