Guest appearance on Elizabeth Caulfield Felt's Blog

Today I'm delighted to be the guest on someone else's blog!

Head over to Elizabeth's Elizabeth's blog to read about my writing process, my inspiration and a little more on the 1066 project... 

12th June AD918 - Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians died

It's the anniversary of Aethelflaed's death, and on Judith Arnopp's blog today, I'm talking about the Lady of the Mercians.

“From top to bottom, this country has no sense of itself.” This was a line of dialogue spoken by the character of Robert the Bruce in the film Braveheart. Many will, quite rightly, take issue with the film’s portrayal of history, but as a summation of the succession squabbles in Scotland at that time, it’s not far off the mark. The same could be said of medieval Wales, where brother fought brother and principalities were carved up. A similar situation existed in 9th century Mercia and, as with Wales and Scotland in the 12th and 13th centuries, it allowed others to march in and take over...

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1066 Turned Upside Down - Cover Reveal!

The very talented Cathy Helms of Avalon Graphics has produced this wonderful cover for the new project:

To read more about this exciting new book, visit the 1066 Blog

1066 Turned Upside Down

What if William I never became king? What if the three battles of that year a) didn't happen or b) had different outcomes?

Historical fiction authors are at liberty to use their imaginations - and 9 authors have done this, in order to re-write history.  Have you ever watched a film, read a book, discovered a period in history and wished it had a different ending? Well now, you can have that different ending - 11 of them, in fact.

This is just a little teaser - full details, along with the launch of the beautiful cover, on Saturday 4th June at midday (BST)

More about the authors involved in this project On my website