Historical Fiction and Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, Book Reviews and ruminations on life
28
Jul
The period of history around the late 6th and early 7th Century could be referred to as the ‘darkest years of the darkages’ for the documentation of events at these times is sketchy and incomplete. The writer of historical fiction set in this period must become a detective themselves and solve the mysteries of the […]
Tags: aethelric, bernicia, deira
1
Mar
After the Romans left their province of Britannia, Britain entered a darkage. It would be centuries before the land we know today as England came into existence. Germanic tribes – the ancestors of the English began migrating across the North Sea. The invading and colonising Angles who settled in the northeast in time would see […]
Tags: aethelfrith, bernicia, Dark Age, deira, Historical Figures, Northumbria