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…
Scary monsters (and super creeps)
The other day one of my readers asked which of the bad guys in my books was the worst –…