Andrew G Tweeddale

Andrew Tweeddale is an award-winning historical fiction author whose work blends meticulous factual research with emotionally resonant narratives.

After a thirty-year career as a chef, barrister, and construction solicitor, he retired in 2021 to focus entirely on his literary work, completing the sweeping Castle Drogo series.

His debut novel, Of All Faiths & None, centres on the Drewe and Lutyens families during the construction of England’s last great castle in 1910.

This coming-of-age tale follows a "lost generation" from the romantic ideals of the Edwardian era to the shattering reality of the Battle of the Somme.

The saga continues in A Remembrance of Death, which was shortlisted for the Yeovil Literary Prize.

Following Basil Drewe, the novel traverses significant historical events, including the Nuremberg Trials and the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya, challenging readers to consider the lessons of history and the idea that "a lie will spoil a thousand truths."

The trilogy reaches its dramatic conclusion in Only Breath & Shadow.

Set in 1930s Vienna, the story follows Christian Drewe, blinded and scarred during the Great War, as he navigates the escalating dangers of the Nazism in Austria.

Blending historical fact with fiction, the novel features the real-life mission of Gil and Eleanor Kraus to rescue fifty Jewish children, exploring the profound irony that true sight resides in moral clarity.