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Pipe Major J. McWilliams composed by Donald MacLeod. Piper: Jack Lee
My Gentle Joanie
by Pipe Major James L. McWilliams
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- A SECRET OF THE SPHINX has been chosen as one of the five finalists by BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARDS for 2017!... read more
My Books
A Secret Of The Sphinx
Spring of 1798: Young Rory MacHugh leaves his Blackfoot World for an Ancient World. There determination, versatility, and several unique friends enable him to survive many new lives -- a British sailor, an Egyptian Mameluke, a convict, a Secret Agent, a French Grenadier, a Highland soldier, and a forbidden lover in an Egyptian court. But the most devastating is his first encounter with the man destined plunge the world into war and to become Rory’s own personal demon, the young General Napoleon Bonaparte
On Secret Service
It is 1810, shortly after the British victory over the French invaders of Portugal. During the winter lull, MacHugh is sent to London to track down a beautiful French spy. Things do not work out as planned and he ends up kidnapped and imprisoned in France. He soon encounters, among others, the notorious Joseph Fouché (head of Napoleon’s Secret Police), the future King George IV, and the Duke of Wellington. MacHugh even finds himself embroiled in American plans to invade Canada.
Welcome
Welcome to the website of James L. (Jim) McWilliams.
So much has happened since December, 2017! The one devastating event was the death of my wonderful, lovely soul-mate, Joan Murray, after a courageous 21-month battle with cancer. What a marvelous woman! What a terrible loss for the world! My feelings are best understood by checking out Audio/Video Clips.
I am now living in a “retirement home”, BEAR CREEK VILLA, in Surrey, B.C. Look up my new address, etc. under Contact & Orders. I am fortunate to have landed in such a friendly and comfortable home and am still enjoying the wonderful support of my two sons, Lachlan and Colin, and their loving families.
I am also finding my way back to writing Rory MacHugh’s Memoirs.
One very positive result has been the recent announcement by the BOOK EXCELLENCE AWARDS organization announcing that A SECRET OF THE SPHINX, second in The MacHugh Memoirs series, was chosen as one of the five finalists in the "faction class" (fiction based on facts).
Another Rory MacHugh adventure – at THE ALAMO !
THE LAST-CHANCERS
1835 - 36: Middle-aged Rory MacHugh has arrived in Texas with the lovely Emily West, best known as "The Yellow Rose of Texas". Their hopes of domestic bliss are shattered, first by an enemy from MacHugh's past, then by the future of Texas itself. Despite trying to stay neutral in the "Texicans" revolt against the Mexican dictator Santa Anna, MacHugh, Emily, and their comrade, "Swampy", find themselves embroiled with several other legendary “last-chancers” including Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, in the siege of The Alamo -- with disastrous results.
THE LAST-CHANCERS is now available world-wide from
AMAZON, BARNES&NOBLE or the author: Jim@JamesLMcWilliams.com
AMAZON, BARNES&NOBLE or the author: Jim@JamesLMcWilliams.com
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