Dr. Andrew norman

About Andrew Norman

Dr Andrew Norman's medical knowledge makes him uniquely qualified to delve into the minds of his characters and attempt to unravel certain hitherto unexplained mysteries about them. Furthermore, time spent as a teenager in Africa and on the coast of Dorset in Southern England was a source of inspiration for several more books.

Why, for example: did Agatha Christie disappear for 11 days; did Arthur Conan Doyle believe in fairies; was Peter Sellers so disturbed; was Thomas Hardy's relationship with his first wife, Emma so fraught?

How was it that Lise Meitner, despite being persecuted by the Nazis, became the world's greatest physicist?

Did Charles Darwin's (co-) discovery of evolution influence his religious beliefs? How did the author's grandfather, Thomas Waldin come to be blinded on the Western Front in 1915?

What was the nature of: Jane Austen's terminal illness; Adolf Hitler's mental state? What led cricket-loving Robert Mugabe to preside over mass murder? What became of the residents of Dorset's 'Lost Village of Tyneham'?

How can Marilyn Monroe's untimely death be explained? Why does a person become a fundamentalist?

The journey has proved to be an exciting and exhilarating rollercoaster of discovery which Andrew invites his readers to share with him. There is always something new to discover, and his current subject is that great enigma in the history of mankind, Joseph Stalin!

Photos include the author with: Lord Montagu (T. E. Lawrence's last motorcycle was once on display at Beaulieu Motor Museum); Diana Shervington (direct descendant of Jane Austen); Gillian Baverstock (daughter of Enid Blyton); Marya Egerton-Warburton (great-granddaughter of Sir Arthur Pearson, founder of St Dunstan's - now Blind Veterans UK); Tony Benn (admirer of the 'Tolpuddle Martyrs'); former Royal Naval personnel at the HMS Hood Memorial Service, Boldre, Hampshire; my beloved wife, Rachel at Thomas Hardy's Cottage, Higher Bockhampton, Dorchester.

More details can be found on my exciting website - https//www.andrew-norman.co.uk