THE WILLOUGHBY PAPERS
Two Thousand Years of British History. Countless Secrets.
Historical Mysteries • Forgotten Archives • Hidden Truths
G. J. WADE
Welcome to The Willoughby Papers, a series of historical mysteries spanning two thousand years of British history.
Meet Henry Arthur Willoughby, historian and former RAF intelligence officer, whose curiosity and determination lead him into forgotten archives, ancient mysteries and the uncomfortable truths that history has left behind.
From Roman Britain and the Norman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses, the Jacobite rebellions and the Second World War, each novel weaves a compelling mystery through the events, people and places that shaped Britain.
Historical Mysteries. Forgotten Archives. Hidden Truths.
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Book V of The Willoughby Papers | Published 30 November 2026
A forgotten Welsh rebellion. A missing chronicle. A secret that has survived for centuries.
Reserve your copy today and join Henry Willoughby as he uncovers another mystery buried in Britain's past.
The Fortitude File — Available Now
The Fortitude File
February 1944. RAF Mosquitos strike Amiens Prison in one of the most daring raids of the Second World War.
More than twenty years later, historian H. A. Willoughby uncovers evidence that the raid may have concealed a far deeper secret. As forgotten documents emerge from neglected archives and wartime files resurface, he finds himself following the trail of a resistance network that official history barely remembers.
What begins as an investigation into Operation Jericho soon leads Willoughby into the shadow world of deception, espionage, and Operation Fortitude, the elaborate scheme that helped pave the way for D-Day.
Some resistance networks were not meant to survive.