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Uhtred the Bold
RECENT REVIEWS ON AMAZONRecords of this time in English history are sketchy, but Mr. Culley does an artful job of piecing together a story line that parallels what is known. Strong writing of the characters and a good dose of action and intrigue make a worthy read.H A Culley has long been a favourite of mine and this book does not disappoint.Really enjoyed this series. The books skip along at a good pace. The characters both real and fictional are brought to life in medieval Britain.ABOUT THE BOOKThis novel follows on from H A Culley's successful series about the Anglo-Saxon Kings of NorthumbriaMany will have heard of Bernard Cornwall's hero, Uhtred of Bebbanburg, but what of the real Uhtred...
Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria
Written in Shakespearean blank verse, this rousing drama treats the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England in 1066 AD. Here is the blurb from the back cover: Tostig Godwinson has gone too far: Northumbria is in chaos and now an embassy speeds southward to plead with King Edward for his ouster. Meanwhile, Tostig's brother Harold - the king's most powerful ally - has shipwrecked abroad. Unaware of developments back home, he soon becomes entangled with the treacherous Duke of Normandy, a ruthless man with designs upon the English throne. Will Harold return in time to save his wayward brother? Or is Tostig past saving? And what of the king's frail health? Or the duke's vigor? This is a play about fraternal devotion - and romance - and loss - and ultimately, power. It is also a tale of history. As in any such depiction certain liberties have been taken. And yet, incredibly, most of it really happened...
Edward the Confessor
Frank Barlow's magisterial biography, first published in 1970 and now reissued with new material, rescues Edward the Confessor from contemporary myth and subsequent bogus scholarship. Disentangling verifiable fact from saintly legend, he vividly re-creates the final years of the Anglo-Danish monarchy and examines England before the Norman Conquest with deep insight and great historical understanding. "Deploying all the resources of formidable scholarship, [Barlow] has recovered the real Edward." -- Spectator
Bloodfeud
On a gusty March day in 1016, Earl Uhtred of Northumbria, the most powerful lord in northern England, arrived at a place called Wiheal, probably near Tadcaster in Yorkshire. Uhtred had come with forty men to submit formally to King Canute, an act that completed the Danish subjugation of England and the defeat of Ethelred the Unready, to whom Uhtred had been a loyal ally and subject. But, as Richard Fletcher recounts in the electrifying opening to Bloodfeud, "Treachery was afoot."
The Northumbrians
Why is the North East the most distinctive region of England? Where do the stereotypes about North Easterners come from, and why are they so often misunderstood? In this wideranging new history of the people of North East England, Dan Jackson explores the deep roots of Northumbrian culture--hard work and heavy drinking, sociability and sentimentality, militarism and masculinity--in centuries of border warfare and dangerous and demanding work in industry, at sea and underground. He explains how the landscape and architecture of the North East explains so much about the people who have lived there, and how a 'Northumbrian Enlightenment' emerged from this most literate part of England, leading to a catalogue of inventions that changed the world, from the locomotive to the lightbulb. Jackson's Northumbrian journey reaches right to the present day, as this remarkable region finds itself caught between an indifferent south and a newly assertive Scotland. Covering everything from the Venerable Bede and the prince-bishops of Durham to Viz and Geordie Shore, this vital new history makes sense of a part of England facing an uncertain future, but whose people remain as distinctive as ever.
Flanders and the Anglo-Norman World, 1066-1216
This book explores the relations and exchanges between Flanders and the Anglo-Norman realm following the union of England and Normandy in 1066.
Whiteblade
RECENT REVIEWS OF H A CULLEY'S HISTORICAL NOVELS::- Great historical series, engaging characters, intriguing plotlines and backstories- For those who like historical fiction on Alexander the Great this is a must read. There is no shortage of kindle books on this topic but what is most rare is an author that really knows how to write. Anybody can do the proper time in research but Mr. Culley stands among few that really knows how to take that research and put it together into a really great book that you just can't put down. - Exciting! Well-written and researched .BOOK DESCRIPTIONWoken in the middle of the night to flee the fortress of Bebbanburg on the Northumbrian coast, the twelve year ol...
Northumbria, 500-1100
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