Alan Brooke
Alan Brookes was born in a coalmining village in Cannock Chase, Staffordshire, in the midlands of England. He began his working life at the age of fifteen in an underground coalmine before qualifying as a land surveyor. He later became a teacher and a master of philosophy at Birmingham University. Before becoming an author, Alan achieved chief examiner posts with several English university examination boards.
Apart from writing, his lifelong passion is playing the euphonium on the unique...
