My father introduced me to Nicholas Monsarrat’s The Cruel Sea, to Evelyn Waugh’s Decline and Fall and to the Hemingway novels. I then devoured Conan Doyle’s history novels, particularly Sir Nigel and The White Company, terrific books of the Hundred Years War, and the adventures of Brigadier Gerard in the Napoleonic Wars. These were all books that I read with my grandfather, who also introduced me to Sherlock Holmes. I still love Ivanhoe, Rob Roy, Treasure Island, and Allan Quartemain (of King Solomon’s Mines). My heroes were Robert the Bruce, Robin Hood, Richard Lionheart and King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Who were your heroes as you were growing up and when did you first start writing?.His latest Bruno book, Bruno's challenge & Other Dordogne Tales is published by Quercus on 25th November and is available from our catalogue. Martin has also written several non-fiction books on a variety of subjects, including The Cold War: A History and America Reborn. Martin Walker will be well known to Suffolk readers as the author of the popular Bruno detective series set in the Perigord region of France where he lives. Credit: Bastian Schweitzer from Diogenes Verlag
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