Blood debt is FREE today! Why not have a free taste of the Honour Bound trilogy and follow Cadman’s journey from Anglo-Saxon warrior to a general of Byzantium on the First Crusade? #kindlebooks #HistFic #kingandconqueror #anglosaxon www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Debt-H...

Secrets. Power. Betrayal. She was no ordinary Tudor lady—Penelope Devereux shaped history from the shadows. ‘Penelope – Tudor Baroness’ is her untold story. mybook.to/PenelopeTudo... #Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction

In the Honour Bound Trilogy, Cadman starts as an Anglo-Saxon household warrior and ends as a general of the Byzantine empire on the 1st Crusade. Read the real history of men like Cadman in this article. #histfic #medieval www.amazon.co.uk/Honour-Bound... aspectsofhistory.com/anglo-saxons...

Need something to read for the weekend? How about a story of brotherhood, bloodshed and betrayal in Afghanistan? Now just 99p on kindle www.amazon.co.uk/Steadfast-Br...

The long awaited Honour Bound Omnibus is here! All 3 books for under a fiver! #medieval #kingandconqueror #histfic www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0D42JDW5K/

Many thanks to @paulbernardi.bsky.social for recommending Crusader as a Summer Read for aspectsofhistory.com. www.amazon.co.uk/Crusader-Hon...

Read my article for livingmedieval.com About visions and divine omens during the siege of Antioch on the 1st crusade. #medieval www.livingmedieval.com/features/vis...

D-day anniversary got me thinking about how all the casualties were managed. I previously reflected on how this has changed through the millennia in this article for militaryhistorynow.com #dday militaryhistorynow.com/2023/07/29/f...

What does an Anglo-Saxon warrior do when England has just fallen to the Normans? He heads of to Byzantium to seek his fortune in the Varangian Guard and, just maybe, creates a 'New England' on the Crimean Peninsula. Read my article for Aspectsofhistory.com aspectsofhistory.com/anglo-saxons...

Read my article for aspectsofhistory.com about the Holy Lance of Antioch and the pivotal role it played in the First Crusade. A story of faith and cynicism that changed the course of history. aspectsofhistory.com/the-holy-lan...

Crusader, Book 3 of the Honour Bound Trilogy is out today! My thanks once again to the team at Sharpe Books for helping me to complete this series. You can now follow Cadman all the way from the battlefield at Hastings to the climax of the First Crusade. #histfic www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F8566WX9

New blog post up on the website: a brief overview of the Francisca (short handled throwing axe - as used by Frankish huscarl, Agatho, in the Rebellion trilogy #history #histfic #amwriting paulbernardiauthor.com/2025/02/20/f...

Blurb written, edit finished - just a last bit of polishing to do and Uprising (book 2 of the Rebellion trilogy) will be off to the publisher Excitement is mounting (well … mine is at least) #histfic #kindle Get all over Book 1 before it comes out. www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Feud-R...

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle entry for 776 says the Mercians & the people of Kent fought at Otford. It doesn't say who won, but it does tell us: "And marvellous adders were seen in Sussex."

This demonstrates the problem with modern medicine - we aren’t using enough port and brandy. (From Manual of Exercises for Stretcher Bearers, 1877).

Blog post highlighting evidence of literacy among Anglo-Saxon women: anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com/2020/06/lite...

Advance copies of Practical General Practice 8e have arrived! Available to pre order now! Thank you to the team @elsevierconnect.bsky.social for making this happen!

If you think Norman Conquest is all about 1066 and people getting arrows in the eye, think again. Read my article for aspectofhistory.com about The Other Norman Conquest. aspectsofhistory.com/the-other-no...

Books 1 & 2 of the Honour Bound trilogy published by Sharpe Books are now on special offer - an absolute steal at 99p each. Book 3 is out soon, so why not catch up with the story? t.co/AQXJwpxGZP

As long as people have fought, casualties have need to be rescued from the battlefield. Read here about the evolution of casualty evacuation. www.adamstaten.com/blog/2023/7/... #britisharmy #militaryhistory

This may be a very stupid question. I dug this up in my garden which is in a very old village in rural Buckinghamshire. Is it just a shoe for a very little horse or do little horse shoes have some other relevance?

After the Battle of Hastings, William the Conqueror's work was not done. He had to subdue the whole of England. It might surprise you to know that the tactics he used are still used by armies today in counterinsurgency campaigns. #medieval #histfic www.adamstaten.com/blog/2024/2/...

For nearly 1000 years Harold Godwinson has been criticised for rushing to meet William of Normandy in battle, arriving with an understrength and exhausted army. But was Harold's rush to Hastings actually a sound tactical move that very nearly worked? #medieval www.adamstaten.com/blog/2024/4/...

After1066 ‘the English groaned aloud for their lost liberty and plotted ceaselessly to find some way of shaking off that which was so intolerable’. For some warriors the solution was to leave the country. Read about English warriors fighting in the Varangian Guard. www.adamstaten.com/blog/2024/8/...

1064, Harold Godwinson was shipwrecked in France. He ended up 'guest' of Duke William (later the Conqueror). This led to the 2 men fighting with each other before they faced one another in 1066. But what was Harold doing there? #kingandconqueror #histfic #medieval www.adamstaten.com/blog/2024/3/...

Is Scene 15 the most mysterious scene in the Bayeux Tapestry? Who is Aelfgyva? Who is the cleric? What are they talking about? And why on earth is a naked man squatting in the border below them? www.adamstaten.com/blog/2024/6/... #medieval #writingcommunity

Swegn Godwineson, Evil or Tragic? He was the only one of his brood who seemed totally evil from the first. What happened?

For teachers who want author visits: usually, authors charge, and asking for free visits from authors makes things awkward. One chance you have at free visits is when an author is doing a book tour. #KidlitUK #Edusky 1/2

The weather is miserable outside, so why not stay in and listen to the Aspects of History podcast where @paulbernardi.bsky.social and I are talking all things 1066. aspectsofhistory.com/podcasts/epi...