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This page is for people who are interested in books by, or about, things Mortlock

Experiences of a Convict is an autobiography by J. F. Mortlock, who was transported to Australia as a convict, in the mid 19th century. His conviction arose from a dispute with his uncle over his inheritance. As well as Australia, Mortlock spent time in Tasmania and Norfolk Island.

Murder at Mortlock Hall by Donald Dallas is an illustrated booklet aimed at young readers.

These books can sometimes be found on eBay.

 

US	Mortlock by Jon Mayher	UK
	The sister is a knife-thrower in a magician's stage act, the brother an undertaker's assistant. Pursued by flesh-eating crow-like ghuls, brother and sister must decode the message and save themselves from its sinister legacy. Described as childrens' horror fiction.
US	The Night Side by Melanie Jackson	UK
	As a spy for Henry VIII, Colin Mortlock is sent to Scotland and finds himself called upon to break the curse hanging over his alleged enemy, the beautiful yet haunted Frances Balfour.

Then there is D.P. Mortlock who wrote several guides to churches in Norfolk and Suffolk, England.

US	Aristocratic Splendour by D . P. Mortlock	UK
	An in depth investigation into the world of Thomas Coke (1697-1759) Earl of Leicester. Mortlock has used information from the archives of Holkham Hall in Norfolk, England, as the basis of this work. The text includes a lot of detail about prices of land, labour, materials etc. of the day. It was Coke who was responsible for having Holkham Hall built, although he was challenged by financial losses resulting from the South Sea Bubble.
US	Popular Guide to Suffolk Churches by D . P. Mortlock	UK
	Please note that D. P. Mortlock has written more than one guide to Suffolk churches. Please check the title at amazon, to ensure that the area covered is the one you want. You will most likely the guides to the churches in the other areas of Suffolk are also available at amazon.
US	Popular Guide to Norfolk Churches by D . P. Mortlock	UK
	Please note that D. P. Mortlock has written more than one guide to Norfolk churches. Please check the title at amazon. to ensure that the area covered is the one you want. You will most likely the guides to the churches in the other areas of Norfolk are also available at amazon. The link to amazon.co.uk on the right links to a book co-authored by D.P. Mortlock and C. V. Roberts. but the other Mortlock only guides are also listed there.

US	A Distinction of Blood by Hannah March	UK
	When Sir Francis Dashwood's Hell-fire club is not debauched enough to hold your interest, you have sunk pretty low. Lord Hugh Mortlock is such a person. His marriage to the beautiful and wealthy Charlotte Appleton, who has thus acquired the title Lady Mortlock, is not a particularly happy one. All in all his Lordship is not a very nice chap. In fact he is a disgrace to the Mortlock name. In mitigation, his father the 4th Baron Mortlock, also known as Black Peter Mortlock, appears not to have been an ideal role model.

'The Flowing Bowl' co-authored by Geoffrey Mortlock and Stephen Williams, published by Hutchinson & Co. Limited, is undated, but appears to have hit the streets around 1950. This volume consists of 259 pages about alcoholic beverages. The contents range from references to alcohol in the bible, to verses by 20th century authors and poets. There are also British government statistics, recipes for cocktails and much more. The book does not take sides. There are passages praising alcohol as well as those condemning  it. The book starts by quoting passages which imply that Noah may have been inebriated from drinking wine, while at the helm of his Arc.

US	The Hunt for Sonya Dufrette by R. T. Raichev	UK
	According to the amazon product description "On the day of the ‘Royal Wedding' in July 1981 at a house party on the banks of the Thames, a little girl wanders off on her own. Her doll is found floating in the river, but of the girl herself there is no sign. Twenty years on and Antonia Darcy, divorcee and assistant librarian at the Military and Naval Club, still puzzles over the disappearance of Sonya Dufrette and the strange behavior of the awful Lawrence Dufrette, his exotic wife Lena, and intelligent and charming Lady Mortlock — not to mention the strange absence of the nanny. Ably assisted by her new admirer, Major Payne, Mrs. Darcy embarks on the first adventure in a new series of ingeniously plotted whodunits set against the background of country house life."

Another eBay find, 'Lawyer Heal Thyself' was published by MacMillan in New York in 1960. According to the liner notes, Bill Mortlock is the pseudonym of the rising young London solicitor who was the author.

This is a story about a divorce lawyer who dispenses advice, which he himself seems to be powerless to follow. According to an internet search Bill's real name is Frederick Evelyn Mostyn.

Thanks to Rick Russell of www.sangraal-books.com for allowing me to use his ebay photograph of "A Planned Coincidence".

According to an information sheet in the book "Petition for Cruelty" which is a collection of short stories, written by Bill Mortlock in the 1960s and 70s, but not published until 1991, apart from the two novels listed above, he also published two texts "The Inside of Divorce" and "Marriage and the Law".

I also spotted this on eBay:-

"L. Annaei Flori Rerum Romanarum Epitome. Interpretatione & Notis Illustravit Anna Tanaquilli Fabri Filia, Jussu Christianissimi Regis In Usun serenissimi Delphini" - by Florus. Text in Latin.

Leather bound book of over 300 pages, printed in London, R. Clavell, H. Mortlock, S.Smith, in 1692. (other books of the era show the publisher as being "Henry Mortlock").

Thanks to Roman Kotchetkov for letting me use his photo and information here. Roman's antiquarian books and other items can be viewed on eBay at:-

 http://www.stores.ebay.ca/romansbooksandcollectibles

Several publication containing the Herny Mortlock name mentioned "at the sign of the Phoenix in St. Paul's Church-Yard", an earlier publication was even more precise:-

"A RATIONAL ACCOUNT OF THE GROUNDS OF PROTESTANT  RELIGION: BEING A VINDICATION OF THE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S RELATION OF A CONFERENCE, &C. FROM THE PRETENDED ANSWER BY T. C. WHEREIN THE TRUE GROUNDS OF FAITH ARE CLEARED, AND THE FALSE DISCOVERED; THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND VINDICATED FRON THE IMPUTATION OF SCHISM; AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTICULAR CONTRVERSIES BETWEEN US AND THOSE OF THE CHURCH OF ROME, THOROUGHLY EXAMINED. BY EDWARD STILLIINGFLEETE. B. D. LONDON, PRINTED BY ROB. WHITE FOR HENRY MORTLOCK, AT THE SIGN OF THE PHOENIX IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD NEAR THE LITTLE NORTH DOOR. 1665."

In a 1688 publication "The Council of Trent Examin’d and Disprov’d by Catholick Tradition In the Main Points in Controversie between Us and the Church with Rome” By Dr. Edward Stillingfleet the address at St. Pauls was supplemented with "and at the White-Hart at Westminster Hall".

This publication from 1711 shows that Henry Mortlock has now become H & G Mortlock.

A few years later a published sermon, showed the inscription "Printed for George Mortlock at the Pheonix in St. Paul's Churchyard in 1716.".

Synopsis
Once an alcoholic drug dealer whose life revolved around street fights and gang warfare, Alan Mortlock's conversion has made him an interesting figure in London's East End. Alan is a boxing trainer and promoter, known as the "pirate promoter" because he champions the cause of unlicensed boxing (fights not recognized by the British Board of Boxing Control), who has become an outspoken Christian evangelists with a passion for bringing Christ to the villians and hard men among whom he lives and works. He now heads "Godfellas", a group of tough Eastenders who travel the country presenting their boxing skills and sharing the Gospel.

Click the picture of the book cover above, to check the UK price at amazon.co.uk, or HERE to check the US price at amazon.com.

Rev. Charles Bernard Mortlock (1888-1967), who was Treasurer and Canon of Chichester Cathedral from 1950 until his death, but had the Rectory of St Vedast, Foster Lane as his main address, he having spent the early years of his ministry almost exclusively in London. There is more about C. B. Mortlock in the article by Robert Griffiths, which can be downloaded from the Mortlock Family Tree page (the article is entitled "Chichester Mortlock carved in stone").

Inky Blossoms was first published in 1949 and is a collection of short essays. The essays are grouped into theme sections, London Pride, Canterbury Bells, Market Bunch, Travellers Joy, plus an introduction by Sacheverell Sitwell.

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