Jupiter's Fire by William Osborne - Book Tour
Jupiter’s
Fire
When Franco, a teenager living in the
monastery at Monte Cassino in 1944 uncovers a long-lost Roman Eagle, the
fabled Aquila for the Jupiter Legion, he sets in motion a desperate struggle to
prevent the Nazis from using it to win the war. In a do-or-die mission, Franco
and Dulcie, a teenage mountain girl, must steal the Eagle back and escape
before its deadly power is unleashed. Pursued by the
implacable forces of the SS they will discover not just the secrets of
the Eagle but also themselves.
Author Q&A
1. What is the
first book that made you cry?
Good question, I
think, if memory serves (and it does sporadically) it was the Beattrix Potter
story, the Tale of Samuel Whiskers, where Samuel is rolled up in dough by two
rats to be eaten. Cried and was alarmed too!
2. How long, on
average, does it take you to write a book?
That depends,
when I first started writing books we still had four children under sixteen and
my wife was working full time, so the writing had to fit in around the family
life. In an ideal world, it would take
me four months.
3. How do you
select the names of your characters?
I like unusual
names, I like names that have come from my past and in Jupiter’s fire, the four
children, Franco, Dulcie, Edgardo and Constanzia are Italianized names of my
children.
4. What creature
do you consider your "spirit animal" to be?
A labrador dog,
either black or ginger.
5. What are your
top 5 favorite movies?
Once Upon a Time
in America
The Blue Max
On Her Majesty’s
Secret Service
Singing in the
Rain
Rushmore
6. If you were
the last person on Earth, what would you do?
Cry.
7. What
fictional character would you want to be friends with in real life?
James Bond or
possibly Harry Flashman
8. Do you have
any advice for aspiring writers?
As Mark Twain
put it, first attach bum to chair.
9. What book do
you wish you had written?
Doctor Zhivago
10. Tell us 10
fun facts about yourself! :)
I love cold
water swimming.
I love old
fashioned photography, Canonet and Minolta XD, favourite cameras at the moment.
I love cooking.
I love driving
my beach buggy in the summer.
My middle name
is Hanslow, which is quite unusual.
I wish I had
been born Italian.
I love lego and
collecting odd things, like old military helmets.
I love James
Bond films, but only the first three Bonds and maybe some of Pierce Brosnans.
I wish I was
better at skiing.
I wish I had
learned to fly an autogyro.
Author Bio
William Osborne
- Born 1960 - educated at Greshams School, Holt, Norfolk and Robert Louis
Stevenson, Pebble Beach, California, studied law at Cambridge,(MA),
barrister at law, Member of the Middle Temple. Screenwriter and member of
Writers Guild of America (West) - Author (published works, 1994, 1998, Hitler’s
Angel, Winter’s Bullet, Jupiter’s Fire). Lives in Norfolk, enjoys life,
film, dog walking, cold water swimming, lego, collecting odd stuff, driving his
beach buggy.
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