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This is the story of a feud which began in the time of Edward the Confessor and continued into the 1350’s and beyond. It begins when Wilfrid Elland gives hospitality to a young Norman by the name of Hugh d’Eckerslée. Hugh is much taken by Wilfrid's beautiful young wife, Edith, and seduces her. A duel, a death – and a long-running feud are the consequences.

Conisbrough Castle is associated with a glittering array of kings, crusaders and knights, yet in the 1530’s it was linked with another man who was famous for a very different reason—Thomas Wyatt, the poet (1503-1542). Wyatt was made Constable of Conisbrough Castle in 1536, and soon after, found himself having to hold the castle against the army of the Pilgrimage of Grace. Unfortunately for Wyatt, the army consisted of over 40,000 men. Most of the main events in my story actually happened, though Conisbrough Castle was never invested by the Pilgrims. However, it was provided with a large...

England, 1317. As baronial unrest simmers beneath the crown's uneasy peace, a scandal erupts that threatens to ignite open war. Alice de Laci—heiress to vast northern lands and wife of the powerful rebel Thomas of Lancaster—is abducted under mysterious circumstances by William de Warenne, a loyalist with ambitions of his own. Furious and humiliated, Lancaster leads his army to Conisbrough Castle determined to reclaim his wife—and his honour.

This book is the third in a series of story collections about the author's home town, Conisbrough. The stories range from ancient times to the mid-twentieth century, including the experiences of a Conisbrough blacksmith at the battle of Lincoln, a tournament at Pontefract, in which the Sir John Eland, Constable of Conisbrough Castle, wins the prize, and the experiences of a Conisbrough miner during the ‘Bag Muck’ strike.

Two poachers, Peter and Gregory, play a trick on Father Bernadine by stealing a cask of his wine. He punishes them by laying a curse on the cask, and when they open it, a serpent wriggles out. The serpent grows until it terrorizes the town of Coningsburgh. Only one person can save the people from destruction – young Robert and his little dog Toby – but how can a boy and his dog take on the might of the serpent?

This book is the second in a series of story collections about the author’s home town, Conisbrough. The stories range from ancient times to the mid-twentieth century, including William de Warenne’s adventures on the disastrous Second Crusade, the swan song of Conisbrough Castle when it was garrisoned to hold out against the Pilgrimage of Grace, and the experiences of a young Conisbrough miner on his first day ‘dahn’t pit’.

Britannia is overrun by migrants who speak a strange language and worship heathen gods, and Bishop Brice is given the job of trying to persuade the Romans to send a legion to drive them out. But the Romans have their own problems and are reluctant to spare any of their dwindling forces. However, a bishop called Germanus, eager to suppress the Pelagian heresy, manages to put together a small force to help the Britons. His religious zeal leads to a great victory at Maes Garmon - but can it protect him from the wiles of the Angle angel, Rowena? This is the fourth part of the English Dawn ...

In 1317, Lady Alice de Laci, wife of the powerful Earl of Lancaster, was abducted from Pontefract Castle by an agent of William de Warenne. In revenge, Lancaster laid siege to Conisbrough Castle. This version of the story is closely based on William Leatham's classic poem, Sandal in the Olden Time.

After the death of his brother, Heorogar, in a battle with the Heathobards, a reluctant Hrothgar is appointed king. He immediately finds himself on the horns of a dilemma: does he fight the Heathobards, or does he offer his daughter, Freawaru, as a ‘peaceweaver’? Either decision seems doomed to fail: his army is not big enough to win a decisive victory, but if he makes peace, his nobles will think him weak and want to remove him from the throne. Hrothgar is best known from the Anglo-Saxon epic poem, Beowulf, where he appears in a background role as the king whose hall is attacked by a ...

“The white dragon is the symbol of the incomers – Hengest and his Angle hosts. They seek to claim this land as their own, to carve kingdoms from its heart. The red dragon is the spirit of the native Britons, the blood of your people, resisting.” When Vortigern's tower crumbles and two dragons rise from the depths—one red, one white—only Merlin can uncover their meaning. Summoned to make sense of the omen, he reveals a vision of Britain's fate: the Red Dragon of the Britons locked in deadly struggle with the White Dragon of the Saxons. Though Merlin banishes the beasts, their ...

“Be wise, brothers. Bury the battle-axe. Instead, your revenge should be to build a better life.” When a brutal Frisian raid destroys young Hengest's village and slaughters his kin, he swears a solemn oath: to avenge the blood spilled and make the Frisians pay. Hengest grows into a fierce warrior, carrying his hatred like a sword at his side. But vengeance breeds vengeance, and the blood feud he begins will not be easily ended. As war rages across the northern seas and loyalties are tested, Hengest must choose between conflicting demands of loyalty and honour.

“We’re not here to plunder. We’re here to help. We heard your king needs warriors. My men are seasoned. We’ll drive the Picts north, the Scots west. We bring swords.” The second volume in the Englaland Pentalogy describes the epoch-making landing of Hengest and Horsa, the first Anglo-Saxons to settle in Britain, and the founders of what was to become Englaland.

“Take Lions’ reins and run to safety to the nearby wood. I’ll welcome these warriors with Weland’s work – no words are sharper!”Attila—the devil made flesh, a savage, a warlord, a king. He killed his own brother to seize the kingship of Hungvar. That tale alone made Rome tremble. But one man stands up to him—Waldere, master of Nordic martial arts, and possessor of the fabled sword, Mimming. Atilla takes him hostage, but when he escapes, Attila sends 12 of his finest warriors to bring him back, dead or alive. Will Waldere's martial skills enable him to survive?

A tomboyish girl, fond of stories of shieldmaidens and waelcyries, gets involved a viking raid led by her older brother. The raid goes wrong, and her stepmother tries to teach her that her 'womanly weapons' have more power. She goes on to seduce one king of Britannia and kill another, thus playing as large a part in the conquest of that country as her father, Hengest – but can she ever find true love? This is the third part of the English Dawn pentalogy, which tells the story of the conquest and settlement of Britain by the Anglo-Saxons in the 5th century, set against the broad sweep of ...

William de Warenne, Earl of Surrey and Lord of Conisbrough Castle, is filled with zeal to free the Holy City from the depredations of the Infidel, but when passing through Constantinople, he is distracted from his quest by a willowy Greek dancing girl named Cyra.