My new Viking project
I’ve just had a very productive Zoom meeting with my new publisher and we have formally agreed the title and…
Jacobite me! Why I don’t much care for the Stuarts
You don’t have to like the historical figures you write about. But it helps. I had a bit of a…
Robin Hood and the Caliph’s Gold: extract #2
This is an extract from my latest novel Robin Hood and the Caliph’s Gold, which has been out for six…
Holcroft Blood and the Battle of the Boyne – a last hurrah?
The third and final book in my series about Holcroft Blood, the mildly autistic 17th-century English artillery officer and son…
What I’m writing about this week, #7: Berserker school
I sent off the first draft of my new Viking novel to my agent yesterday, to pass on to my…
The Last Berserker – some very exciting news (for me)
I’ve been dying to tell people about this for some time, and now I’ve signed the contract: I have a…
Audio version of Robin Hood and the Caliph’s Gold
I didn’t think it was going to happen. I looked into it and it seems too expensive, too difficult to…
Edward II and the red-hot poker: murder most faked
This is why I love history. You think you know something about a time and a place, say, England in…
Battle of the Boyne – fought on this day* 330 years ago
On a blisteringly hot day in July 1690, on the banks of a placid brown river in the east of…
The Cockpit of Europe and other popular war zones
You may laugh but, one day, when I have sufficient time and money, I’m going to go to Belgium for…
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