by Dan | Nov 11, 2023 | history, YouTube
Sir Francis Drake’s attacks on Spanish ships, towns, and ports in the Caribbean, the Pacific, and on Iberia itself frustrated and terrorised Spanish governors, admirals, King Phillip II himself and even the Pope in Rome. He robbed the Spanish gold and silver...
by Dan | Mar 22, 2023 | history, YouTube
What did ancient Europeans eat between 10,000 BC and 3000 BC? In the Mesolithic era, the hunter gatherers of Europe were thriving in a range of environments across the Continent. From 7,000 BC Neolithic farmers spread across Europe bringing a new way of life, new...
by Dan | Feb 24, 2023 | history, YouTube
William Marshal was the Earl of Pembroke, and the regent for the young Henry III. Archbishop Stephen Langton called him “the greatest knight in the world.” His talent as a knight, on the battlefield and as a tournament champion, won him renown and riches through...
by Dan | Jan 11, 2023 | writing
Three thousand years ago, on the island of Sardinia, flourished a remarkable society. Right across the island, between about 1800 BC to 800 BC, they constructed around ten thousand astonishing stone structures called nuraghes. The ruins of around 7,000 of these...
by Dan | Dec 8, 2022 | fantasy, the Immortal Knight Chronicles
AD 1190, England.A young knight’s family is slaughtered.His 800-year quest for vengeance begins… The Immortal Knight Chronicles Box Set 1 – featuring the novels Vampire Crusader, Vampire Outlaw, and Vampire Khan plus the short story Vampire Templar –...
by Dan | Aug 24, 2022 | Bronze Age History, history
In Bronze Age northern Italy the Terramare culture thrived for centuries until one day in about 1200 BC, the population of 120,00 people disappeared. This was the same era as the Late Bronze Age collapse, when the mysterious Sea Peoples invaded the Near East and...
by Dan | Aug 12, 2022 | writing, writing tips
Coming up with ideas for your story can be hard. Here’s one way you can come up with ideas for your novel or short story by putting your audience first. The most common question I get when people find out I’m an author is “Where do you get your ideas...
by Dan | Feb 2, 2022 | history, YouTube
The people of the Sintashta culture were Bronze Age chariot warriors of the Northern steppes. A people who changed the world. Highly patriarchal and warlike, they were also bronze workers who built huge fortified settlements like Arkaim east of the Ural mountains....
by Dan | Dec 14, 2021 | Audiobooks, the Immortal Knight Chronicles
I’m delighted to say that Vampire Heretic: the Immortal Knight Chronicles 5 is OUT NOW in audiobook. Once again the award-winning John Lee narrates the story of Richard of Ashbury investigating the powerful noble and serial killer Gilles de Rais and fighting Joan of...
by Dan | Nov 24, 2021 | Audiobooks, the Immortal Knight Chronicles
I’m delighted to say that Vampire Knight: the Immortal Knight Chronicles 4 is OUT NOW in audiobook. Once again the award-winning John Lee narrates the story of Richard of Ashbury hunting a ruthless vampire through the battlefields of the Hundred Years’...
