Brian Duncan
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Brian Duncan

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Brian Duncan is a British writer, born in India and left when he was 12 to go to high school and college in England. He worked in Zambia, Malawi and Zimbabwe, spending over 20 years in the region, and became fascinated by the history. His work as an economist, mostly on aid projects in Africa and Asia, took him to many other countries. When he retired he bought, in partnership with Tess, The Brickhouse Inn in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where he now lives. Brian and Tess like to travel, particularly to India, whenever they can. 'The Settler' is Brian Duncan's first published novel, with a historical setting in Southern Africa in 1890-1902. It's the first in his 'Lion and Leopard Trilogy', and won the Historical Fiction Category in the IndieReader 2013 Discovery Awards. The second novel, 'Lake of Slaves' is set in Nyasaland (now Malawi) in 1887-1895; it was published in June 2014. The third novel 'The Lion and the Leopard' was published in June 2016, and is set in the Lake Nyasa/Lake Tanganyika area during the First World War. The 'Lion' in the 'Lion and Leopard Trilogy' refers to the British South Africa Police (BSAP), whose badge is a lion. The 'Leopard' refers to the Nyasaland Volunteer Reserve (NVR), which has a leopard in its badge. Both units played a prominent role in the 1914-18 War, fighting the Germans in Nyasaland (now Malawi), Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia), German East Africa (now Tanzania) and Portuguese East Africa (now Mozambique). Brian Duncan served in the BSAP Reserve, the NVR, and the Northern Rhodesia Police Reserve - but not in the WW1! He is now working on a fourth novel, set in North Africa during WW2, and based on the service of Rhodesian units, including RAF Squadron 237.
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