William Woodruff is a world historian whose work is concerned with world developments during the past five hundred years. He is author of Impact of Western man, America's impact on the world, The struggle for world power, The emergence of an international economy and A concise history of the modern world. He is also the author of Vessel of sadness, a novel based on his Second World War experiences in the Italian Anzio campaign of 1943-44. His autobiography, The Road to Nab End, a moving account of his childhood in Blackburn, Lancashire, became a best seller.

Biography

1. BILLY BOY - THE STORY OF A LANCASHIRE WEAVER'S SON, Halifax: Ryburn Publishing Ltd, 1993; Kyoto: Minerva Press, (Japanese translation) 1994.

2. BILLY BOY II - DOWN THE ROAD, Kyoto: Minerva Press, (Japanese translation), 1997.

3. THE ROAD TO NAB END, London: Eland, 2000; Chicago: I.R. Dee, New Amsterdam Press, 2001; London: Abacus, 2002. (This is a revised edition of Billy Boy)

4. BEYOND NAB END, London: Abacus, 2003.


Fiction

1. VESSEL OF SADNESS, Gainesville: Kallman Publishing Co., 1969; London: Chatto and Windus, 1970; Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1978; London: Dent and Sons, 1985; New York: Harper, 1987; Houten: Uitgeverij Kadmos (Dutch translation), 1987; Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag (German translation), 1988; Washington D.C.: Brassey's Inc., 1996. London: Abacus, 2004. Tokyo, Hara-Shobo (Japanese translation), 2005.

2. PARADISE GALORE , London: Dent and Sons, 1985; Weinheim: Beltz & Gelberg, (German translation), 1985; Tokyo: Shinjusha, (Japanese translation), 1990.

3.SHADOWS OF GLORY, London: Abacus, 2003.

“Once started, it is impossible to put this book down...the author is a born writer with an eye for character and a natural way of writing...he has the historian’s gift for bringing to life a particular society at a particular time.”
--Alan Bullock, Times Literary Supplement

“A masterpiece.”
--The Independent

Website : www.williamwoodruff.com