Historical Fiction and Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, Book Reviews and ruminations on life
30
Dec
The Exeter Book, also known as the Codex Exoniensis, is a tenth-century anthology of Anglo-Saxon poetry. The book was donated to the library of Exeter Cathedral by Leofric, the first bishop of Exeter, in 1072. Of the 131 pages that it consisted off, 8 are lost. Despite this, the Exeter Book is the largest known […]
Tags: Anglo Saxons, riddles
20
Dec
When I set out to research books set in the early Anglo-Saxon period I was immediately faced with an enormous problem: finding out what had happened. When the last Roman soldier departed Britain in the early 5th century reliable documentation of events started to collapse. The invading Anglo-Saxon tribes were effectively illiterate and it was […]
Tags: historical research
1
Dec
As an author I have had to sweat and toil to produce my books. Having put all of that effort in over several years it the idea of giving away free books is understandably abhorrent to many authors. Yet as a self published author the greatest difficulty is not even writing the book, getting it […]