Hidden History Research

“Run from what’s comfortable. Forget safety. Live where you fear to live. Destroy your reputation. Be notorious. I have tried prudent planning long enough. From now on I’ll be mad.”

NO Probs Naming these Shelves!

Wednesday, 17 June 2020, 13:10.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Yes. A mess. But, in my defence, only half the disorder is mine. The room has been taken over by others as an office :o( #DoNOTShootTheMessenger?

Joan of Arc and the Biblical Deborah

Saturday, 16 February 2019, 11:22.Reading time 4 minutes.

Have you noticed the similarities between the story of Joan of Arc, The Maid of Orleans and the Biblical Judge Deborah? Joan’s story needs little retelling. She is probably one of the most famous women in history. From peasant girl in Lorraine to the defeat of the English and Burgundians at Orleans to her trial […]

The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.