An Introduction to Early English Law by Bill Griffiths

William Griffiths spent the majority of his working life in the Royal Navy, from the North Atlantic through the South Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and on to the Far East and the Pacific, including the terrifying Russian Convoys. He served on a variety of ships, including landing craft, destroyers, frigates, corvettes, and aircraft carriers, from the beaches of North Africa through Messina, Salerno, Anzo, and D-Day Normandy. So, what's the point? He 'came up through the hawse-hole' to become an officer during peacetime, which indicates he was commissioned from the lower deck. The hawse-hole is a hole in a ship's bows through which the anchor cable moves as it ascends and descends.

Since leaving the workforce, he has traveled extensively, returning to many of the locations where the navy gained some of its hard-won honors. Otherwise, he's preoccupied with authorship, claiming that he'll write more novels after this one if he can find a publisher. He is a confirmed European, with a second house in France and a daughter who aspires to be a full-time artist. He is married and has a daughter who aspires to be a full-time artist when he is not in France.