Welcome to the website of Johnnie Johnson

I hope that you will find it interesting.

Here are the covers of my two most recent books, clearly distinctive in that one is a novel, the other a fascinating account of the superstitious beliefs of Sussex folk in times past. Not for more than 130 years has there been such a full account of this subject.

Latest Reviews of And Such Great Names as These

Readers' Review Magazine: '... engrossing...the author captures the atmosphere of the time with his very descriptive writing ... the various threads of the story are skilfully woven together ... highly recommended ...'

Southampton City Library’s Saturday Reading Group: '... the strength of this book is in its characterisation ... a well-crafted novel ...'

Low Fell (Gateshead) Library Reading Group: '… the characters had substance ... well written ...'

Independent reviewer, Deborah Fisher of Tregolwyn Book Reviews: '... intelligent, uncluttered prose ... a little gem ... Don't miss out on it.’

Martyn Bedford, novelist and regular fiction critic for the Literary Review: '... Allen Makepeace evokes the time and place so convincingly ... carried off with enviable subtlety …’

Sophie Lambert, fiction buyer for Foyles: ‘… a truly accomplished, evocative and well-judged novel … Joshua  becomes a beacon of hope.  It is in him that our belief is rooted ... written with an almost poetic edge …’

Newcastle Journal: ‘… An absorbing account of wartime struggles and the demands of duty, loyalty and love …  fabulous detail in both the language and descriptive passages ...'

Northern Echo: '... packed with incident ...’

Sussex Express: '… an engaging, fast-moving, page-turning style ... '

St Albans Observer: ‘… you just lap it up ...'

Brighton Argus: '… a gift for the language and landscape of the north-east and an ability to bring the period alive ...'

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