Author Archives: Keith Melton - Green Lib Dem

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About Keith Melton - Green Lib Dem

Retired English liberal environmentalist living in Nottinghamshire; spent six years in Brazil. Author of Historical Novel - Captain Cobbler: the Lincolnshire Uprising 1536. Active member of the Green Liberal Democrats - (pressure group in Liberal Democrats) - was Founding Chair of GLD in 1988

Falling from Grace

Posted on February 20, 2025 by Keith Melton - Green Lib Dem

[I have published this short excerpt from my novel before – but it was a few years ago now, so I thought I would place it here again at the top of my Captain Cobbler Blog page to entice new … Continue reading →

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Introducing my family and friends

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Keith Melton - Green Lib Dem

Amazingly some unusual artifacts have been unearthed from the time of Henry Vlll. I hadn`t realised that they had invented videos back then, but I have found a video of Nicholas Melton which I would like to share with you … Continue reading →

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Artificial Intelligence Revealed

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Keith Melton - Green Lib Dem

The CEO of an AI company, Omnitech, is ousted by an Oversight Board, led by two women, after allegations of sexism surfaced. However, the CEO marshals support and is reinstated. Subsequently, the two women who led the initial move against him, resign and commit to fostering equality in education policy, revealing a complex struggle over corporate power dynamics and gender equality. Continue reading →

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January 1519 – Henry Vlll plus 500 years

Posted on January 4, 2019 by Keith Melton - Green Lib Dem

  Take a time travel trip back five hundred years with me to January 1519… Henry Vlll has been on the throne of England for nearly ten years. He is in the prime of life at 27 years of age … Continue reading →

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An apology – and then the GOOD news

Posted on December 13, 2016 by Keith Melton - Green Lib Dem

An apology – and then the GOOD news Please accept my apologies for misleading you with my premature price change notice for the UK sales of the Kindle version of my novel Captain Cobbler. The good news is that the … Continue reading →

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Invite Captain Cobbler to your Christmas – super promotion, 99 cents only

Posted on December 1, 2016 by Keith Melton - Green Lib Dem

Super promotion time – Captain Cobbler – for less than a dollar! Greetings to all for Xmas 2016. Give yourself a present!! I published my novel Captain Cobbler in 2013 and in order, now, to get the very largest readership … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare and Richard lll

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Keith Melton - Green Lib Dem

The article about Richard lll and Shakespeare is accessible by clicking on the PAGE heading under the picture above… or on this link below:- https://captaincobbler.wordpress.com/richard-lll-and-the-battle-of-bosworth/

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Re-reading childhood books

Posted on November 26, 2014 by Keith Melton - Green Lib Dem

Re-reading childhood books Gosh we have changed. By Jove and lashings of ginger beer. (I just posted this on my blog but thought it might also sit here on the Captain Cobbler website too – so here it is) I … Continue reading →

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I LIKE the Historical Novel Society!

Posted on May 1, 2014 by Keith Melton - Green Lib Dem

I LIKE the Historical Novel Society! I just opened the May reviews of the Historical Novel Society today and discovered that they have now reviewed my debut novel “Captain Cobbler: the Lincolnshire Uprising 1536” and, WOW, they have done a … Continue reading →

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Arthur and Catherine

Posted on April 11, 2014 by Keith Melton - Green Lib Dem

Very soon after Catherine arrived in England she was married to Arthur, Prince of Wales, son of King Henry Vll….now read on…. Her wedding to Prince Arthur – a few days later – was no less theatrical but, considering it … Continue reading →

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