by Dan | Jun 4, 2018 | history, the Immortal Knight Chronicles
I am writing Vampire Knight: the Immortal Knight Chronicles Book 4 and as always with this series that means I am also doing historical research. Right now, I am looking at authentic period names. I have written before about the most common names in the 13th century...
by Dan | May 15, 2018 | history, the Immortal Knight Chronicles
The Battle of Crecy features at the start of the novel I am currently writing, Vampire Knight: the Immortal Knight Chronicles Book 4. While the overall progress of the battle is pretty much agreed on, there are disputed details such as the initial positions of the...
by Dan | Apr 23, 2018 | history
Happy St George’s Day! As those of you who have finished Vampire Khan will know, a motif of the saint plays a part in the book and in the series to come. I chose it for a number of reasons, not least of which is the significance it has for the English from about...
by Dan | Apr 7, 2018 | fantasy, history, the Immortal Knight Chronicles
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by Dan | Mar 31, 2018 | history, the Immortal Knight Chronicles
My novel Vampire Khan takes place between the 1240s and the 1260s, during the Mongol invasion of Persia, the conquest of the Ismaili Assassins and the fall of the Abbasid Caliphate. Before writing the novel, I was familiar with the overall narrative of the period, in...
by Dan | Dec 19, 2017 | history, writing
Hey folks, here is my video Q&A. Thank you all for your great questions. I would like to do more videos where I talk about specific points, perhaps at length. For example, moments in history or analysing the story telling in certain books and films, or discussing...
