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The Empty Throne

The forces of Wessex and Mercia have united against the Danes, but instability and the threat of Viking raids still hang heavy over Britain’s kingdoms. For Aethelred, Lord of the Mercians, is dying, leaving no heir and the stage is…

WATERLOO; The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles

My first (and possibly only!) non-fiction book is a telling of the epic battle of Waterloo. The book will be published in the UK in September 2014. It will be published in the US in May 2015. Below is…

The Pagan Lord

Alfred the Great is dead and Edward his son reigns as king. Wessex survives but peace cannot hold. The Danes in the north, led by Viking Cnut Longsword, stand ready to invade and will never rest until the emerald crown…

1356

1356 is a novel about the further exploits of Thomas of Hookton ,. . . though he doesn’t appear in this excerpt from an early chapter in the novel. Instead I’ve chosen a passage about Thomas’s friend, Robbie Douglas, who has travelled to France with a band of Scottish men-at-arms who are sworn to help the French King fight their old enemy, the English.