The real life story of an English warrior who fought at Crecy and Poitiers and went on to become one of the most famous conditierre not only in Italy but the rest of Europe too. In this story the real life meeting of Sir John

This is the first Lord Edward’s Archer published by Sword Books as opposed to Lume/Endeavour and I am very excited about the move. The story is about William Wallace and his attempt to defeat King Edward. There will be more books in the series although

I loved writing this book. It gave me the chance to look at the meeting of two worlds- Europe and the Incan Empire. I was also fascinated by the conquest of such a vast empire by less than 200 men. It beggars belief. Written through

Tudor Spy is the second book in a trilogy about the billmen who fought for King Henry VIII. It is centred around a young billman, James of Ecclestone. The third book will culminate in the battle of Flodden. The covers for this series are a

This is a post I should have written some time ago- apologies. A few years ago readers began to send me emails asking me to produce books on the Apple Platform. My son investigated and found out that Smashwords gave us the largest audience. Consequently,

Just a couple of weeks until Soldier of the Queen is released. Soldier of the Queen will follow the lives of a family of soldiers who start to serve England in 1877. As such, it will not be about any one war but many wars

My latest Sir John Hawkwood book was published today and is 108 in the kindle charts. I have never been as high. Best Sellers Rank: 108 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) 1 in Action & Adventure Short Stories 1 in Men’s Adventure Fiction

In case I have not written about this before let me do so now. I developed my writing method back in 2010 and it still works, at least it does for me. When I am writing a novel I go to bed and instead of

The new Sir John Hawkwood book, Leader of Men, will be published on 26th of May. Betrayal by friend and foe alike beset Sir John Hawkwood as he enters the murky world of Italian politics. He will emerge from the experience as a true leader

In response to a request from some readers here are the top ten books read in April.  Of course, I dare say, my new book, The Great Cause, will join the list in May but some of the titles may surprise you. 1 Blood of

Lume have arranged a book signing for me at Drake’s Bookshop in Silver Street in Stockton on Tees on 30th of June at 6.30. If you can pop along for I always love to meet my readers. There will be wine available. UPDATE: THIS EVENT

I recently bought some Warlord games figures from the 1879 colonial wars. I also bought the hospital. Terry Bermingham paints figures and here are the photographs of the finished figures. He does superb work. If anyone wishes to avail themselves of Terry’s services then let

During a reflective moment after finishing my last book and before beginning Leader of Men, the new John Hawkwood book I did some number crunching. I worked out the average number of book sales and then ranked them to find out my most successful series.