‘Journey of Ascent’ is a sweeping historical novel spanning 350 years of a British family’s history, showcasing a fascinating personal journey through Andy Weller’s family history.

A gripping family saga tracing nine generations of a family from the sixteenth century to the Great War: 350 years of social revolution, agricultural and industrial transformation. Andy Weller has masterfully rewrought the known facts of his long family history into a historical novel spanning the Reformation, the English Civil War and the Industrial Revolution, populated by novelists, landowners, smugglers, highwaymen, farmers and industrialists, all with one aim in mind: survival in turbulent times.

Weller has not rewritten history here: he has brought the reality of times past to vibrant life in a novel with huge appeal for anyone with an interest in English history from the perspective of the common man.

Andy Weller was born in 1954 near Little Chalfont in Buckinghamshire and first went to school in the very quaint village of Chenies. He became a career civil servant, starting as a clerk involved with the Concorde project. His later civil service career included representing the UK administration in Brussels and Geneva covering a wide range of trade policy issues, often working in partnership with UK business. He is currently working on his second book and lives in Pinner, Middlesex.

The hardback copy of ‘Journey of Ascent’ is available to buy from the 27th January for £17.99 from all good bookstores or order now from amazon.co.uk