{"id":2173,"date":"2026-08-27T11:17:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:17:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/alumni-news\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2026-08-27T11:19:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T11:19:51","slug":"celebrating-our-alumni-authors-9","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/alumni-news\/2026\/08\/27\/celebrating-our-alumni-authors-9\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating our alumni authors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Massive congratulations to our alumni authors who have had their books published.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take a look at the latest books available from our alumni authors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grahame Aldous (Law, 1978) has published <strong>Prize Money in Nelson&#8217;s Navy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Bringing the experience of a practising lawyer and drawing on previously untapped contemporary Georgian law reports, this book provides a fresh legal perspective on British prize law from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. Focusing on how prize law disputes were handled in the era of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, the book takes the reader into the socially connected worlds of lawyers, courts and naval officers.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/boydellandbrewer.com\/book\/prize-money-in-nelsons-navy-9781837653713\/?v=7885444af42e\">This book is available to be purchased online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Mark Hutchinson (PhD in History, 2024) has recently published <strong>Glastonbury Abbey. The People and the Place, 1100 to 1539<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This book&#8217;s recurring theme is that, in one sense, Glastonbury was not remarkable at all; yet in another, both the people and the place were extraordinary. It argues that, through 400 years of national turbulence, Glastonbury Abbey &#8211; hidden away in Somerset &#8211; kept calm and carried on successfully managing its estates, fulfilling its spiritual duties, and becoming the wealthiest monastery in England. It is written for the enquiring mind and historians who want facts and a different approach to history.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Glastonbury-Abbey-The-People-and-the-Place-1100-to-1539\/Hutchinson\/p\/book\/9781003655411\">This book is available to be purchased online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paul Martell (MBA, 2000) has published his first poetry collection <strong>The Bell Club<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A lively\u00a0debut\u00a0collection of poems\u00a0assembled with wit and warmth,\u00a0suggestive of the gentle absurdities and sensibilities of local and personal memory.\u00a0\u00a0Many are shaped by\u00a0the Paul&#8217;s experiences growing up in Norwich and around the Norfolk coast, but\u00a0in striking and poignant ways,\u00a0they\u00a0move seamlessly from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid to Maggie Smith and crocodiles in Vietnam.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Bell-Club-Paul-Martell\/dp\/1835841627?crid=29PTEXWRYA76S&amp;dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.y0VVgpB52UyPgjFEQis-VQ.9c4jODE3ytqC82WxiziFuSDJM4nstmwBVxxoVlGLHIU&amp;dib_tag=se&amp;keywords=The+Bell+Club+by+paul+martell&amp;qid=1773760622&amp;sprefix=the+bell+club+by+paul+martell,aps,267&amp;sr=8-1&amp;linkCode=sl2&amp;tag=rowanvalebo0a-21&amp;linkId=8b5d58a1149fce4b33fee8fb26fc39fd&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl\">This book is available to be purchased online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Adam Niazi (MBA, 2025) has published <strong>Becoming A Strategic Business Leader: The Ultimate All-In-One Guide<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>In an era where businesses evolve at lightning speed,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>strategic leadership\u00a0is not just an asset-it&#8217;s a critical necessity. This is your all-in-one guide to mastering this vital skill set. It provides actionable frameworks and insights across a wide range of essential topics-from\u00a0strategic planning\u00a0and\u00a0governance\u00a0to\u00a0risk management\u00a0and\u00a0decision-making.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackwells.co.uk\/bookshop\/product\/Becoming-a-Strategic-Business-Leader-by-Adam-Niazi\/9781399968591?srsltid=AfmBOooqGtD_jNgfyENsYZuASYKZJbPZ2ifiRSiDEJkhV0yZtjHfRwNE\">This book is available to be purchased online.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elizabeth Noel (MEd TESOL, 2011) has a <strong>Beneath the Edelweiss<\/strong> due to for release on 20 October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>A story of resistance, community, and survival set against the breathtaking backdrop of the Austrian Alps and the heartbreaking onset of World War II. Told through the eyes of an alpine herbalist in training &#8211; Mitzi Hausler &#8211; the novel leads the reader into the ancient herbal wisdom of the region while also shining a light on medical vulnerability at a time of global conflict. In the town, against all odds, Mitzi\u2019s life gradually blooms into something unexpected and she discovers she belongs. But when political violence and Nazi eugenic policies come to town, she\u2019s forced to make a life-altering choice. The second book &#8211; Edelweiss Rising &#8211; will be released in October 2027.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tgjonesonline.co.uk\/product\/elizabeth-noel\/beneath-the-edelweiss--a-novel\/16125648\">This book is available to preorder<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Helen Russell (English Literature, 2001) has published <strong>Laura Clark is Away from her Desk<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Who is Laura Clark? To her colleagues: an invisible forty-something HR manager who restocks the meeting-room snacks. To her husband and teenage daughter: the woman who puts food in the fridge and dinner on the table. To her elderly mother: a round-the-clock helpline for endless complaints. Laura Clark is the woman everyone relies on. But barely anyone sees. So, one day, Laura puts on her &#8216;out of office&#8217; message &#8211; and doesn&#8217;t come back. And soon, everyone&#8217;s formerly ordered lives quickly begin to descend into all-out chaos. Where has Laura gone? 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