Books by John Neville

It is 1260 BC: after ten long years, the Trojan War is coming to an end. This gripping historical novel tells the story of the final months of the Trojan War from the perspectives of Achilles, Hector and Agamemnon. During the turmoil of war a Trojan soldier, Halius, rises through the ranks of the Trojan army.Ostensibly, the war is between the Greeks and the Trojans, but the participants are aware that they are being manipulated by Pharaoh Ramses II (Zeus) of Egypt. Despite knowing this, Agamemnon wants Troy for himself, Hector wants Troy for his family and for honour, whilst Achilles wants Troy for power. Whilst this two-part novel stands alone, it is also part of a two-novel series titled 'The Trojan Chronicles' which closely follows the plot of Homer's 'Iliad', taking the reader on a journey back in time over three thousand years.

The Trojan War: a war that tore apart the Ancient World, a war that lasted ten years, a war that we still remember over three thousand years later. This fascinating historical novel tells the story of the final months of the Trojan War from the perspective of the Ancient Egyptian Royal Family. Helen struggles to play her role as a figurehead of Troy whilst her father, Pharaoh Ramses II of Egypt (Zeus), manipulates his court, his conniving family, the Greeks and the Trojans to bring the war to a successful conclusion - one that is in Egypt's interests. The finale provides a startling interpretation of how the famous Trojan Horse could have been used to take Troy.

This book is a study of cold war agenda setting in relation to the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg spy case. Its primary interest is with press coverage of the case from 1950 to 1953, although the historical focus of the case extends before and beyond those years. The purpose of the book is not to debate the Rosenbergs' guilt or innocence, but rather to provide a fresh view of the case in its most political terms: news coverage filtered through the dynamics of cold war patriotism. A large sample of U.S. and foreign newspapers and magazines was monitored to determine if the Rosenbergs were victims of sensational pretrial and during-trial newspaper publicity. Neville also determines if the press reported on the claims of a U.S. left-wing newspaper, the National Guardian, that the Rosenbergs were framed by the U.S. government with the complicity of the news media. His conclusions question whether the mainstream press and news media ignore issues of justice for radicals in time of war and political crisis.