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Creator of the BATTLE FOR THE SOLAR SYSTEM trilogy, Stephen Sweeney, has done a couple of interviews for London newspaper, The Evening Standard, as well as one for the BBC News' Have Your Say.

Both interviews have been done in conjunction with the anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers investment bank. Stephen wrote THE HONOUR OF THE KNIGHTS after the firm let him go in April 2008.

You can read them here,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/talking_point/8256409.stm

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23742935-details/revealed-what-happened-to-bankers-who-crashed-with-lehman/article.do

Additionally, Stephen has written a detailed blog posting on what occured during that time. You can read it here

http://stephenjsweeney.blogspot.com/2009/09/lehman-brothers-and-honour-of-knights.html

Posted on 15th September 2009, 06:44 PM | Permalink | 613 reads

 

Nick Brett's Honour of the Knights Review

Nick Brett, who has written well over 350 reviews on Amazon, has written a well balanced review of THE HONOUR OF THE KNIGHTS.

You can read it here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R290DA3JLA1T2J/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm

Posted on 12th September 2009, 10:30 AM | Permalink | 624 reads

 

Evening Standard Interview

The London Evening Standard has featured Stephen J Sweeney as one of the former employees of Lehman Brothers and how the collapse of the bank prompted him to work on THE HONOUR OF THE KNIGHTS.

You can read it here: http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23742935-details/revealed-what-happened-to-bankers-who-crashed-with-lehman/article.do

UPDATE: Print copies of the newspaper, dated Friday 11th September, are also available. However, these newspaper will likely only remain on sale until the end of the weekend. If you are after a copy then you will need to act fast.

Posted on 12th September 2009, 10:27 AM | Permalink | 600 reads

 

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