David Longridge Author

28/03/2025

Timeline of the unexpected. That’s the drama of Congo.
1942. The uranium for the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs is shipped
secretly from Katanga province to Los Alamos.
1952. Humphrey Bogart and Katherine Hepburn go up the Congo river to make 'The African Queen'.
1960. Patrice Lumumba, first prime minister of Congo, is murdered 6 months after Independence.
1961. Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the UN, dies as his DC6 crashes on the Congo Zambia border.
1965. Colonel Mike H***e leads his mercenary army to defeat the Simba
Rebellion
1974. George Foreman and Muhammad Ali fight for the World Heavyweight title in Kinshasha.
1994. The Hutus commit genocide against the Tutsis on the border with Rwanda.
2025. The Hutus spread out across north east Congo, threatening rare earth minerals that the world's electric
car industry depends on.
Read ‘Barricade’
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David Longridge's latest novel, Fracture is woven around the real facts of what happened in France and Algeria when they separated in 1962.

28/01/2025

China’s dominance in rare earth metals critical to the future of AI chips, smart phones and electric vehicles is focused on Congo. How did it happen?
Read ‘Barricade’ by David Longridge.

David Longridge's latest novel, Fracture is woven around the real facts of what happened in France and Algeria when they separated in 1962.

24/11/2024

David Longridge’s latest novel.
My latest novel ‘Barricade’ is about a crucial but little-known period in Congo’s short history. Granted its independence in 1960, it suddenly became the focus of Cold War politics as Russia and the USA competed to gain influence over its vast mineral resources.
Find out more about my new book via the link to my publisher
www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/historical/barricade

David Longridge's latest novel, Fracture is woven around the real facts of what happened in France and Algeria when they separated in 1962.

17/10/2024

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17/10/2024

My latest novel ‘Barricade’ is about a crucial but little-known period in Congo’s short history. Granted its independence in 1960, it suddenly became the focus of Cold War politics as Russia and the USA competed to gain influence over its vast mineral resources.
Find out more about my new book, just released, via the link to my publisher Troubador:@
www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/historical/barricade

26/08/2022

This month of August 60 years ago in the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart, an ambush threatened the outbreak of civil war in France. Terrorism, espionage, betrayal and brutal revenge, on a scale unseen since the French Revolution, marked the agony of France’s divorce from its beloved Algeria. Become a part of these dramatic events. Read David Longridge’s latest novel ‘Fracture’.
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David Longridge's latest novel, Fracture is woven around the real facts of what happened in France and Algeria when they separated in 1962.

01/06/2022

Choose from my 4 novels for a great holiday read, and buy at www.davidlongridge.co.uk

28/03/2022

60 years ago and civil war threatens in France. The issue of Algerian independence explodes into assassination, betrayal, and brutal revenge. Feel the passion in David Longridge's latest novel 'Fracture'.
www.davidlongridge.co.uk

David Longridge's latest novel, Fracture is woven around the real facts of what happened in France and Algeria when they separated in 1962.

04/03/2022

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01/02/2022

Did you know that 60 years ago, France faced civil war? Bombs in Paris, terrorism, espionage, betrayal, assassinations, fear and brutal revenge on a scale unseen since the French revolution of 1789. It is all in David Longridge’s latest novel ‘Fracture’, a must read to understand the agony of France’s divorce from its beloved Algeria after 150 years. The paperback is now available https://www.troubador.co.uk/bookshop/historical/fracture/