I’m excited to share the news that my new medieval mystery, ‘By the Edge of the Sword’ (no. 7 in the Edwin Weaver series) will be published in October 2021. It’s set at Christmas, so the cover has a chilly winter feel about it. It’s available to pre-order now from your favourite bookshop.

This year’s Gloucester History Festival will be a virtual event, and I’m happy to say that I will be giving one of the Blackfriars talks. I’ll be speaking on Monday 14 September at 6pm, on the subject of ‘Louis: England’s Forgotten King’. Obviously, this will be a different experience from speaking to a live audience in the wonderful Blackfriars venue, but let’s focus on the positives: you can attend the talk even if you’re nowhere near Gloucester, and you can do so from the comfort of your own home, with a cup of tea or a glass of something to hand. All the Blackfriars talks are FREE. The full programme…

Well, there was a slight Covid-related delay, but I’m now pleased to say that – thanks to the hard work of the team at the History Press – my new book, Cast the First Stone, has been published. It’s November 1217 and we meet up with Edwin again following his return home from the war. He is reunited with his wife, Alys, and hoping that life is going to be more peaceful from now on. Unfortunately, this does not turn out to be the case … Cast the First Stone is available from online bookshops (and physical ones as they re-open!). Further details are on the publisher website.

My advance copies of the paperback of Matilda have arrived – and don’t they look great? The book will be published in the UK and the USA on 11 February, and copies can be pre-ordered any time before that.

I’m very happy to say that I have recently signed a contract with Yale University Press for a new book entitled Two Dynasties. This will tell the story of the two intertwined families who ruled France and England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. It’s a period full of interesting characters, including some of the great ‘celebrities’ of medieval history, but also some lesser-known characters who played pivotal roles in the history of their kingdoms. There will be war and peace, battles and treaties, murders and marriages, but most of all there will be people, because this is the story of two families and their many members. To be published…