On this day, September 29th, in medieval history: 1227 – Pope Gregory IX excommunicates the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II 1364- The Battle of Auray: English forces, under the command of John Chandos, defeat the French for control of Brittany, ending the Breton War of Succession
A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin Paperback: 784 pages Publisher: Bantam (October 30, 2007), *hardcover edition published November of 2005 ISBN-10: 0553582038 I finally got around to finishing A Feast for Crows (AFFC). I had read about 700 pages of the 1,000 page saga months ago, anticipating the… Read More »Review of A Feast for Crows by George R.R. Martin
From TopCastles.com: “In Europe and Asia more than 10.000 medieval castles can be found. Topcastles.com selected the most beautiful and interesting castles and ranked them in a top 100 list. You can contribute by voting on your favorite castles: find the castle, click on it and submit your rating. At… Read More »The Top 100 Medieval Castles
Authonomy and Backspace are online writing communities for authors, readers, agents and publishers. Authonomy — developed by book editors at HarperCollins — invites aspiring writers to submit their works and build their online profiles. Readers, agents and publishers are also invited to join the community and support the best new… Read More »Authonomy and Backspace
Edmund II, the son of King Ethelred the Unready, ruled over Wessex for a short period of time. His reign lasted all of seven months, from April 23 to November 30 of the year 1016. During that time, Edmund managed to hold off Canute (or Cnut or Knute) from invading… Read More »Edmund II Ironside
I’ve needed to add this to my site for a while but have just now gotten around to it. You can follow me on Twitter at the following address: twitter.com/Steven_Till. I’ve also added a link in the right sidebar to my Twitter profile. Most of the time, my tweets relate… Read More »Follow Me on Twitter
My site has been nominated for the Best History/Historical Fiction blog over on the Book Blogger Appreciation Week site (BBAW). There are many categories to vote on: Best Literary Fiction Review Blog, Best Cultural Review Blog, Best Publishing/Industry Blog, Best Published Author Blog, etc., etc. In total, there are 40 categories. Pretty… Read More »BBAW Nomination
1. What inspired you to write the story of Bran Hambric? I was awake on the night of 3/3/03, thinking about a different story, when for some strange reason, the image of Bran Hambric and a banker sitting on a roof leapt into my mind. I knew they were waiting… Read More »Interview with Kaleb Nation, Author of Bran Hambric