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❀༻ Books of the Day ༺❀ #NewRelease ✦ * . * The King's Spy: A Tudor Tale By David Pilling * . * ✦ maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-... #HistoricalFiction #BooksWorthReading #BookoftheDay #Tudors #booksky @robeh1979.bsky.social

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Book Launch Spotlight: The King's Spy: A Tudor Tale, by David Pilling tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/03/book... @robeh1979.bsky.social #Tudors #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch

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Barbarians and mountains: in which John II Komnenos completes his conquest of Cilician Armenia, before marching to Antioch. The pic shows the ruins of Tell Hamdun (modern-day Topprakale, eastern Turkey) one of John's last conquests before he left Armenia. davidpilling.blogspot.com/2025/02/barb...

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This is nice! My book 'Murder in Anglo-Saxon England' is a hot new release on Amazon 😊 mybook.to/MIASE

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❀༻ Books of the Day ༺❀ •´¸.•´¨)✯ ¸.•¨) ✮ ( ¸.•´✶ The Queen and the Countess By Anne O'Brien *´¨✫) maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-... #HistoricalFiction #BooksWorthReading #BookOfTheDay @anneobrienauthor.bsky.social 💙📚📜

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Roll up, roll up, fellow authors - my offer of guest spots on my blog still stands. Let's be 'aving you! Just PM me and we can set it up.

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The Hammer of Cilicia: in which John II Komnenos continues to batter his way across Cilicia, and throws all his strength against the fortified city of Anazarbos. davidpilling.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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I am exciting to be hosting the blog tour for The Fires of Gallipoli by Barney Campbell. igotlostinabook2.blogspot.com/2025/02/i-am... #TheFiresOfGallipoli #HistoricalFiction #WWI #BlogTour #TheCoffeePotBookClub @eandtbooks.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social

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24 February 1303 witnessed the Battle of Roslin in Scotland. I wrote about this in a recent blog post, so now you can read it again. The pic is of Jared Harris as the Red Comyn in the, um, interesting 2019 Robert de Bruce movie starring Angus Macfadyen. davidpilling.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-re...

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Herakles and Iolaus: in which John II Komnenos and his son and co-emperor, Alexios, continue their reconquests in Anatolia. davidpilling.blogspot.com/2025/02/hera...

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Hwni explains to the WILDWOOD Elder Council what it is like to live as human in the village. (I don't have feign, so I had to pretend.) (pic UMass Amherst) #wipsnips #WritingCommunity #feign -> #pretend

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It's done! Just sent the manuscript of Fairies: A History to my publisher - hitting in 2026! 🧚‍♀️🪄📚

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I did have to Uber to and from the spouse's surgery appointment so it'd be super cool if you bought my books to help me recover the cost

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"Between life and death, there lies but a heartbeat." #fantasyfiction The Peace of Elias: A World Apparent Tale (The World Apparent Tales) amzn.eu/d/4R56Dfs

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The Cilician Gates: in which Emperor John II Komnenos enters the Taurus Mountains in 1137 and fights a battle 'above the clouds'. davidpilling.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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A fine head of white hair - a post on the battle of Bramham Moor, fought on this day in 1408. davidpilling.blogspot.com/2025/02/a-fi...

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Stones and thunderbolts: resuming my tale of Emperor John II Komnenos and his eastern campaigns in the spring of 1137. davidpilling.blogspot.com/2025/02/ston...

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My short article on Aspects of History about Roger Godberd, a notable outlaw during the Montfortian wars in England. aspectsofhistory.com/roger-godberd/

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Another day, another battle between the Lithuanians and some Germanic crusader types with horns on their heads. Warning: contains shoemakers. davidpilling.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-...

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You've heard of Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck, but few ever discuss the third pretender who plagued Henry VII's reign, and who helped trigger much bloodshed after he was hanged. His name was Rauf Wilford, and tomorrow on the newsletter, I tell you his story. Subscribe now to read 🫵🏾

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You've heard of Lambert Simnel and Perkin Warbeck, but what of the third pretender who briefly appeared during the reign of Henry VII, claiming to be the Earl of Warwick. Available to read now in the newsletter. nathenamin.substack.com/p/the-other-...

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Did you know the earliest known Valentine letter we have dates to February 1477, when Margery Brews wrote to the man she hoped to marry, John Paston. To learn more about the marriage negotiations and Margery's pleading for the union to go ahead, click 👇🏾 nathenamin.substack.com/p/margery-br...

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In February 1477, Margery Brews wanted nothing more than to marry John (III) Paston. Today, I look at the circumstances behind her famous letter to her would-be husband, regarded the earliest known existing Valentine’s letter (in English, anyway). Available to read now.

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'Son of Prophecy: The Rise of Henry Tudor' has been selected as one of BBC History Magazine's 2024 Books of the Year. In ten years of writing medieval history, this is my biggest accomplishment. Thank you to everyone who has bought a copy 🙏🏽

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Two books in the #bestselling Last of the Romans series - Britannia: World's End and Land of Fire - are still only #99p right now. Snap them up quick. @SharpeBooks #kindledeals #HistoricalFiction #FallofRome amzn.to/40UiaJh

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The Perils of Medieval Pubs: Drinking, Gambling, and Disorder www.medievalists.net/2025/02/peri... @medievalists.bsky.social

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Out today, the latest Slice of #Medieval #podcast with author, Peter Gibbons talking about #saxons and #vikings. #historicalfiction #History bit.ly/419eeEz

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HWA members! Here's where to find us all. Come and join!

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#OTD 670 death of King Oswiu of Northumbria. He arranged the killing of a rival, who happened also to be a kinsman of Oswiu's wife. And she wasn't about to let him get away with it. This story's in my new book, out today: mybook.to/MIASE

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#OTD 670 King Oswiu of Northumbria dies. Nemesis of Penda of Mercia, and a man of short temper in my view. Read his story in my Tales of the Iclingas two-book series: mybook.to/ComeththeHour mybook.to/TSOF

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It's publication day for my new book, and it's the anniversary of the death of a seventh-century king who has at least one charge of murder levelled at him. Blog post here about King Oswiu's shadier dealings: anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com/2025/02/king...

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It's publication day! Stories of blindings, beheadings, poisonings, revenge killings, blood feud, and death by scissors! But are they true? Murder in Anglo-Saxon England: Justice, Wergild, Revenge, is available in bookshops and online: mybook.to/MIASE

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THE WINTER CROWN is on offer on the Kindle in the UK for 99p at the moment. bit.ly/40iz04i #EleanorofAquitane #HenryII #HistoricalFiction

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Apologies for absence. I have my head down over my edits as my deadline of March 1st looms up from the horizon. I'm on the last push now on my second book about Joan of Kent, begun in The Royal Rebel.

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My Research shelf. Medieval Children by Nicholas Orme. In 1509 children are learning to translate the below phrases from English to Latin: 'Thou stinkest', 'Thou art a false knave', 'Thou art worthy to be hanged', 'Thou art a blab', 'Turd in thy teeth.' 'He is the veriest coward that ever pissed.'

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This came up on my memory page on another forum and always makes me smile. Evidence of canines doing the pre-wash since 1308, (Giotto) and of cats displaying their disdain for such goings on.

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Wann steht eigentlich mal ein Politiker vor der Presse und sagt: „Es reicht mit all den Femiziden in unserem Land. Es kann nicht sein, dass der unsicherste Platz für Frauen das eigene Heim ist“

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Need to prepare for the weekly shop, to the sound of Gimme, Gimme. Guess who’s singing along, in a French café, in broad daylight? 😎

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"Snow: Cursed, written by 11 year-old-girl, is a brilliant coming of age story. Snow, is a well-developed, thoughtful, adventurous character & her world turns upside down when she realizes who she really is." www.amazon.com/Snow-Cursed-... #mglit #BooksWorthReading @writerfinnegan1

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Join The Coffee Pot Book Club on #WriterWednesday: 🌟Shape up your Book Blurb🌟 Today, we're sharing simple tips for improving your book blurb. Draw in that potential new reader with a tidy, tempting blurb! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/02/join... #WritingLife #Writers #WritingTips 🥰📚

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What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than discussing Medieval Love Affairs with It IT Ain't Baroque? #ValentiesDay open.spotify.com/episode/0jfF...

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Popped over to History Stuff, to give you a little taster of Scotland's Medieval Queens... #ScottishQueens #WomeninHistory #MedievalSky historystuff1979.blogspot.com/2025/02/scot...

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I'm delighted to be the first in Sharon's new Author Spotlight series - thank you for having me @thehistorybits.bsky.social !! #History #Tudors #Interview

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I'm in The Mirror! 😁 I did an interview about Lady Jane Grey a couple of weeks ago.... It was election time and England had just got into the final of the Euros.... I guess there was too much going on. But its published now. www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...

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A young duchess is found guilty of sorcery and witchcraft. Centuries later her secret diary is discovered hidden under floorboards in Beaumaris Castle and her true story can finally be told. mybook.to/SecretDiary #HistoricalFiction #audiobooks #Booksky 💙📚

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Congratulations to Annie Whitehead on the launch of 'Murder in Anglo-Saxon England: Justice, Wergild, Revenge' ~ see my review here: tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/02/book... @anniehistory.bsky.social #Medieval #History #BookLaunch

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What better way to mark 14th February, Valentine's Day, than with a 15th Century Valentine. Sent by Margery Brews, daughter of Sir Thomas Brews, a Norfolk knight, to John Paston III. Enjoy the whole Paston-Brews marriage, and more, in A Marriage of Fortune. www.anneobrienbooks.com/a-fifteenth-...

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Frances – Tudor Countess, daughter of the Queen’s Spymaster. “A fabulous read.” 🇬🇧 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D1YQYL8G 🇺🇸 www.amazon.com/dp/B0D1YQYL8G #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction

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Ruff of the day: Catherine of Bourbon was a Navarrese princess regent. Daughter of Queen Jeanne III of Navarre and King Antoine de Bourbon, she ruled the principality of Béarn in the name of her brother, King Henry III of Navarre, from 1576 until 1596.

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