Books with author Graham A. Rhodes

This first book in an intended series introduces Agnes, a three hundred year old witch who lives in the present day Scarborough, a small town on the Yorkshire Coast, and who travels through time via a bricked up doorway in the cellar of her ancient home that she shares with Marmaduke, her unusual, one-eyed cat. When Agnes passes through the bricked up doorway she travels through time, when Marmaduke goes through the doorway he not only time travels but also changes into a large, one eyed, ginger haired mercenary, and Agnes’ right hand man.In this their first novel, set against the historical backdrop of the Battle of Flamborough in 1779, they discover a troop of mysterious guerrilla fighters set on a secret mission to destroy the guns of the towns Castle.They discover that these fighters, led by a Red Indian Shaman, are a force of American fighters smuggled into the country by the sea captain John Paul Jones, (now known as the founder of the American Navy), on a mission to capture and destroy a fleet of merchant ships from Scandinavia bound for Scarborough. As Marmaduke assists the Garrison Commander in the defence of the Castle and its guns, Agnes and The Red Indian Shaman fight a magical battle that sends them into a unknown future leaving them no choice but to work together to return to their own time and place. With the help of the garrison commander, himself a veteran of the American War Independence they managed to thwart the mission, but as history cannot be changed, Agnes and Marmaduke watch as the Battle of Flamborough unfolds on the seas before them giving the Americans a major victory. Incidentally the Battle of Flamborough was the only battle of the American War of Independence to be fought in Europe & English waters.

Agnes is a three hundred year old witch who lives in the present day Scarborough, a small town on the Yorkshire Coast, who travels through time via a bricked up doorway in the cellar of her ancient home that she shares with Marmaduke, her unusual, one-eyed cat. When Agnes passes through the bricked up doorway she travels through time, when Marmaduke goes through the doorway he not only time travels but also changes into a large, one-eyed, ginger haired mercenary, and Agnes’ right-hand man.In this exciting story of adventure, mystery and magic set among the towns, highways and coastal areas of North Yorkshire in both the 17th and 21st centuries, the duo discover a team of ship wreckers working along the Yorkshire Coast t. In their attempts to uncover the identity of the wreckers and put a stop to their murderous deeds Agnes and Marmaduke become embroiled with a series of strange and dangerous characters. Colonel Thomas Reynard an ex British Army Officer and his deadly local militia, Dancing Jack, a highwayman who isn’t what he pretends he is, the local army garrison and it’s Commander based in Scarborough’s Castle, and a government secret service whom discover they are working together to uncover a plot by thieves, dissidents and Dutch sympathisers to destabilise England prior to the Dutch war of 1779/80. The story comes complete with the addition of a number of regular local characters and glimpses of life in this Yorkshire fishing community of the 17th century.

The sixth adventure of Agnes the Scarborough Witch and Marmaduke her magical cat. In this adventure they find themselves caught between a group of fleeing vampires and their pursuers, a troop of German mercenary vampire hunters. Assisted by her usual Scarbrough friends and fisherfolk. In this adventure, she is also reunited with an old friend and gets to meet the founder of the United States of America.

This first book in an intended series introduces Agnes, a three hundred year old witch who lives in the present day Scarborough, a small town on the Yorkshire Coast, and who travels through time via a bricked up doorway in the cellar of her ancient home that she shares with Marmaduke, her unusual, one-eyed cat. When Agnes passes through the bricked up doorway she travels through time, when Marmaduke goes through the doorway he not only time travels but also changes into a large, one eyed, ginger haired mercenary, and Agnes’ right hand man.In this their first novel, set against the historical backdrop of the Battle of Flamborough in 1779, they discover a troop of mysterious guerrilla fighters set on a secret mission to destroy the guns of the towns Castle.They discover that these fighters, led by a Red Indian Shaman, are a force of American fighters smuggled into the country by the sea captain John Paul Jones, (now known as the founder of the American Navy), on a mission to capture and destroy a fleet of merchant ships from Scandinavia bound for Scarborough. As Marmaduke assists the Garrison Commander in the defence of the Castle and its guns, Agnes and The Red Indian Shaman fight a magical battle that sends them into a unknown future leaving them no choice but to work together to return to their own time and place. With the help of the garrison commander, himself a veteran of the American War Independence they managed to thwart the mission, but as history cannot be changed, Agnes and Marmaduke watch as the Battle of Flamborough unfolds on the seas before them giving the Americans a major victory. Incidentally the Battle of Flamborough was the only battle of the American War of Independence to be fought in Europe & English waters.