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ONLY for lovely subscribers like you - here's the first of five weekly excerpts from my forthcoming book Powers & Thrones: A New History of the Middle …

Jul 30

This month's newsletter features rebel barons, Plantagenet kings, the White Ship, Genghis Khan, art-thieving aliens and one very dodgy castle

Jun 28

Saints! Knights! Books! Sports! Templars! Ghosts! And much, much more. Welcome to another edition of the world's leading(ish) history newsletter...

May 28

...are you ready for extreme historical greatness?

May 24

You can still enter the draw for a signed copy of a brand new biography of the great Tudor portrait artist

May 7

Why are there so many dramas about the Tudor Queen? Plus - a Hans Holbein giveaway, a pre-historic podcast and a rumble with William the Conqueror

Apr 30

Who killed the Princes in the Tower? Did Martin Luther have a potty mouth? Take a trip back to the 1990s! WIN a free, signed book! And watch out for me…

Mar 26

I'll be giving them away LIVE!!! at 4pm GMT tomorrow...

Mar 18

...don't say I don't spoil you

Mar 11

Magna Carta is getting a facelift, and Friday LIVE! isn't.

Mar 4

How do you write a historical bestseller? Plus: Vikings! Romans! Birdies! White Walkers! And... merch?

Feb 26

Newsletter #2 drops! Friday LIVE pops! Sign up NOW to avoid/guarantee disappointment!

Feb 25

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