Cardinals and Kings (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781463563271)

Tim Taylor is a baby boomer. He was born in the city of Derby (the home of Rolls-Royce) which is in the English Midlands. Tim finished school at the age of 15 and held a number of jobs, including working as a Chef in an Italian Restaurant. Eventually Tim started work at a large communications company and worked as a mainframe computer operator for 14 years. He left there in the mid-90's and began working for the Greater Manchester Police in the criminal records department. He was actually in Manchester on the day in June 1996, when the IRA decided to blow up the street, which he normally walked down on his way to work! Tim was late that day, which was probably a good thing. After six years, Tim met his wife Carolyn and consequently moved to southwest Missouri in the United States. Tim has a daughter, Laura and two stepchildren, Lee and Kerry, from a previous marriage. He has four grandchildren who all still live in England. For the 10 years that Tim has lived in the United States, he has worked for the Missouri Department of Mental Health. He has a number of interests including fishing and carpentry, but his main passion is History, especially the period between the 10th and 15th Centuries. Tim believes that it was wondering what it would be like to live during the medieval period, which finally gave him the push to start writing after thinking about it for a number of years. Tim originally came from an ancient country where history is everywhere, so it was hard not to become interested in it. At the present, the Taylors reside on a small farm in the Ozarks and have two dogs: Oreo and Beulah. Tim is a huge fan of Derby County Football Club and since living in the U.S., he has learned to love baseball and particularly the St. Louis Cardinals.