Don Jordan and Michael Walsh have each won awards for investigative journalism. Don Jordan has twice won a Blue Ribbon Award at the New York Film and Television Festival and Michael Walsh has won a Royal Television Society Award. Together they have written four books, including White Cargo, acclaimed by Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison as an 'extraordinary book'.
Praise for The King's Revenge: Jordan and Walsh provide a thoroughly entertaining account of these extraordinary events . . . a vivid and consuming piece of historical narrative - Sunday TimesPraise for The King's Revenge: A fast-paced, lively work - BBC History MagazinePraise for The King's Revenge: In this beautifully detailed and seamlessly written book Jordan and Walsh shine a new light on Charles II . . . their energetic and masterful account makes for a Restoration romp worth reading - Sunday ExpressPraise for The King's Revenge: This is a terrific read - SpectatorEntertaining history of the antics of the libidinous King Charles II and his licentious court . . . tells you everything you need to know about 17th-Century sex - TatlerThe King's Bed violates all the po-faced standards of serious scholarship, but that's precisely what makes it so enjoyable - The TimesDon Jordan and Michael Walsh share an unerring nose for a good subject . . . These romps through Charles's bed-chamber are wonderfully lively . . . Narrating a libertine's life with a gusto tempered by sound common sense, they have produced a book that is as pleasantly addictive as might be suggested by its racy title - Sunday TimesIn a tone of breezy bravado in keeping with their concept of their subject's character, Don Jordan and Michael Walsh have written a swashbuckling life of Charles II . . . the stuff of a TV mini-series . . . the authors have a keen eye for memorable anecdotes which consistently hold the reader's attention - Spectator
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