The Tale of the Merdogs
Published on 28. September 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-83628-406-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Spelthorpe Trilogy.
A delightful tale of history, romance and mystery set on the stunning Norfolk Coast in three books spanning two decades between 1932 and 1953 in a rural community called Spelthorpe. The community fiercely protects its own.
In the first book we learn of a close-knit rural community with its leadership (The Spelthorpe Company) forged in the aftermath of the First World War. Local history and the lead characters' past lives are exposed by the estate's working dogs who are able to travel to other times and places. The characters work hard and play hard defending and enhancing their community, falling in love and developing a close private bond with the King and his family on the neighbouring Sandringham Estate in the build-up to the Second World War. Spelthorpe becomes a place where you will feel you should belong. You will want to go there and never leave.
A delightful tale of history, romance and mystery set on the stunning Norfolk Coast in three books spanning two decades between 1932 and 1953 in a rural community called Spelthorpe. The community fiercely protects its own.
In the first book we learn of a close-knit rural community with its leadership (The Spelthorpe Company) forged in the aftermath of the First World War. Local history and the lead characters' past lives are exposed by the estate's working dogs who are able to travel to other times and places. The characters work hard and play hard defending and enhancing their community, falling in love and developing a close private bond with the King and his family on the neighbouring Sandringham Estate in the build-up to the Second World War. Spelthorpe becomes a place where you will feel you should belong. You will want to go there and never leave.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Market Harborough
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 138 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
298 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-83628-406-2 (9781836284062)
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Person
Ashley Clark spent thirty years with the Kent County Constabulary starting as a very young village constable but then as a detective. For his last 12 years he was mostly based in France working closely with the French police. After retiring he has been working as a battlefield guide in both France and Belgium, as well as on a Kent sheep farm and an Exmoor shooting estate. He lives in Whitstable.