David Clensy spent more than 20 years in regional newspaper journalism and was twice named South-West Feature Writer of the Year at the EDF Regional Media Awards.
Based in Wiltshire, but originally from Birkenhead, in Merseyside, he is passionate about historical fiction. His 2024 stand-alone debut novel, Prayer in Time of War, tells the story of elderly veteran Ernie as he returns to an Italy transformed from his experiences during the Second World War, in search of the girl he left behind in the back streets of Naples half a century before.
David is producing a series of World War II naval adventure novels for Sapere Books, focused on the shifting fortunes of Liverpudlian twins Romulus and Remus Hutchinson, who go their separate ways at the start of the war – one joining the Royal Navy and the other signing up to serve as part of the Merchant Navy. The first in the series, For Those In Peril, is released in August 2025.
He has also written a number of non-fiction books, including Island Life: A History of Looe Island (2006), The Mole of Edge Hill (2006), Walking The Wolds Way (2007) and Walking The White Horses (2023).
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In Danger’s Hour: A thrilling WWII nautical saga (Romulus Hutchinson Naval Adventures Book 2)
The Hutchinson brothers are back! For fans of Dewey Lambdin, Patrick O’Brian, Nicholas Monsarrat, C.S. Forester and Max Hennessy.
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For Those In Peril(Romulus Hutchinson Naval Adventures Book 1)
Don’t miss this thrilling war-time naval thriller! For fans of Dewey Lambdin, Patrick O’Brian, Nicholas Monsarrat, C.S. Forester and Max Hennessy.
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