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Music, money, madness & other mysterious things. This is the karmic tale of the author, adventurer, martial artist & time traveller, Mark D Bishop; an objective look at his genetic ancestral past. It is DNA family history in fascinating detail, a journey through ancestral time, when industrious, creative hard work, births, marriages and burials focused around church life. The reader begins the excursion in a grocer's shop in upmarket Teddington on Thames, before being transported to Rochester on the Medway, with its Norman castle and cathedral; then along the Roman Fosse Way to Chatham, which once was host to the Royal Naval Dockyard. Woodworking trades, such as cart-wheelwrights & cabinetmakers are imbedded in the ancestral search, with Kentish & Sussex surnames;the Wrens who went to America, the Mitchells who were shipwrights. Ancestry often has a darker side too, necessitating a trip through the sordid conditions of 19th century 'madhouses' and a realisation that lovemaking never really changes.
About the author
Since the publication of his best selling book, "OKINAWAN KARATE, TEACHERS, STYLES & SECRET TECHNIQUES", in 1989, Mark Bishop has gone on to be arguably the leading authority on Okinawan martial arts. His other published books include the popular titles, "OKINAWAN WEAPONRY, HIDDEN METHODS, ANCIENT MYTHS of KOBUDO & TE", as well as, "OKINAWAN TE {Martial Art of Kings & Nobles} REVEALED". Mark Bishop continues to research and teach Okinawan martial arts and write on various and diverse topics - so watch this space!
