Free author talk at 6.30pm at Tonbridge Library on June 11th
Come and hear me talk about Templar Traitor: the Englishman who fought for Genghis Khan at Tonbridge Library. I’ll sign your books, do a Q&A after the talk, and there will be refreshments. It should be fun!
I appreciate that this post is not going to be for everyone but if you live in Tonbridge or nearby you might like to come along to my free talk at Tonbridge Library on Thursday June 11, at 6.30pm. I’m going to be talking about my Mongol Knight series, and particularly Templar Traitor, my latest novel, which is based on the extraordinary true story of the 13th-century Englishman who fought for Genghis Khan. I will be doing a Q&A after the talk and signing copies of Templar Traitor. Come along if you like Mongols or Templars or just ripping adventure yarns: the talk should be both entertaining and informative.
My talk is part of the National Year of Reading 2026 and is free but you need to book in advance. Do this by emailing tonbridgelibrary@kent.gov.uk or via phone – call 03000 41 31 31 and ask for Tonbridge Library – or by popping into Tonbridge Library (Avebury Avenue, Tonbridge, TN9 1TG) before the event. Turn up about 6.15, as I’m told refreshments will be served before the event.
Here is a link to the Kent County Council website for more details.
If you want to know more about my novel Templar Traitor, which was published last year by Canelo, here is the blurb from the back of the book:
July 1241. Western Europe cowers in terror before the threat of a Mongol invasion. The swift cavalry columns of Genghis Khan have smashed the steel-clad warriors of Russia, Poland and Hungary and now Austria lies directly in their path.
At a skirmish outside the walls of Vienna, German knights capture a squad of Mongol scouts and are astonished to discover one of their number is an Englishman a former Templar who has been riding with these Devil’s horsemen for more than twenty years.
Interrogator Father Ivo of Narbonne is summoned to draw the truth from the prisoner before his impending trial, to find out why he abandoned his faith, his Brethren and his homeland to become a traitor to Christendom.
Based on a true story, this is the first novel in a new blockbuster trilogy from ‘master of the genre’ Angus Donald.
I hope to see you lots of you lovely people at Tonbridge Library in June!
Book 2 of the Mongol Knight trilogy, Templar Assassin, will be published by Canelo in August 2026, but you can preorder your copy from Amazon here.
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