'Roger wore his collar of golden Yorkist suns to show that he was one of the King's knights, ludicrous piked shoes to show that he was fashionable, and a massive codpiece to show that he had a vivid imagination.' Alianore Audley is a good, submissive, demure woman of the fifteenth century ... and if you believe that, you'll believe anything. But she is a spy in Edward IV's intelligence service, and the author of a chronicle that casts - well, a new light, let's say, on the times of the Yorkist kings. History will never be the same after Alianore. Nor will most other novels. Brian Wainwright's debut novel The Adventures of Alianore Audley is a brilliantly funny, subversive spoof.
Brian Wainwright was born several years ago in Manchester, England. His ancestry is mainly English but there are Irish and Welsh lines in there as well.
He has long had a deep interest in history, particularly the middle ages. This may have something to do with being brought up on a TV/movie diet of Robin Hood, King Arthur, Ivanhoe, the Vikings, El Cid and so on, to say nothing of having many childhood holidays in Wales and spending hours climbing over the old castles.
His other passions (the ones he doesn't write about too often) include greyhounds, steam engines and real ale - the traditional English version of beer.
His current writing project is around Richard III, but when people ask him when it will be ready he tends to say 'when it's ready'. If he was accused of being a quick writer he would definitely be found 'not guilty'. There are several other projects lined up once Richard is out of the way. Some may even be about the middle ages...
