Joseph Hucknall

Joseph Hucknall was born in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, UK. Educated by seven siblings who came before him, then conscripted into the army (BOAR) before continuing his education at Manchester Business College and becoming a protege of Woolworth. It's demise was long after he took early retirement, when he travelled extensively and took up writing.

Read his frank Memoirs, 'A Life's Tales', for greater insight and revelations from boy to man. Endorsed by Michael Crick 'Very enjoyable and highly readable' and Mick Hucknall 'A revelation and a thoroughly enjoyable read.'

His novel 'The Boy in a Turban', published in 2018,is set in mid-18c tells of a slave boy brought from Jamaica to London and follows the lives and fortunes of the boy and the ship's captain, his two daughters and passengers and crew as the characters become entwined with historical figures and events of mid-Georgian London. 'Vivid, elegant and engrossing. I was completely caught up in this 18th c tale of London, music, freedom and love.' - Sheena Joughin, Novelist.