C.J. Adrien

Thanks, Sean, this is a great breakdown of what I was talking about! It explains a lot about what’s going on in the world today, I think.

The Aesthetic of the North: What Tolkien Helped Me See About the Vikings On the Viking aesthetic | New Course on Medieval Brittany

I've moved my newsletter to Fridays! This week, I reflect on something Tolkien said that gave me an "ah-ha!" moment on a tricky question about the #Vikings.

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I hope that wasn’t me! Haha

The World’s Deadliest Addiction Is Popping Up on Brain Scans. And It’s Not Even a Drug. There’s a reason our culture is so obsessed with revenge, and it starts in the brain.

Neuroscience is uncovering the addition that’s making the world turn: revenge. Science, it appears, is catching up to one of the central themes of my novels.

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70% OFF The Road to Malheur: A Story of the American Fur Trade From bestselling and award-winning author C. J. Adrien comes a tale of hardship, friendship, and love on the American Frontier. In the bustling frontier town of St. Louis, New Yorker Christian drea...

Big discount to celebrate 1 year since the release of my Fur Trade novel The Road to Malheur: www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

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Hard to say, but maybe. Good thinking there. If memory serves, the study authors didn’t bring it up.

Saw the “Viking” show at le Puy du Fou. It’s anachronistic, cheesy, utterly wrong….but fun as hell! Haha 😂

#travel #medievalsky #vikingsky #writingcommunity

Son best-seller aux États-Unis a fait escale au château de La Flocellière à Sèvremont C’est à l’occasion du salon du livre, qui a eu lieu le 27 septembre au château de La Flocellière, que l’écrivain franco-américain a présenté la saga du chef viking Hasting. Rencontre.

My book fair tour in France has been getting some quality attention 🥳

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This is my life now. Driving through France and stopping at anything that looks remotely medieval to learn all about it. I’m in heaven!

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Sorry about the first one. There was a silly mistake in the last one that I had to remove. Thanks for reposting 🙏

Visited the Viking ship Olaf D’Olonne, built in France, today. What a treat!

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This was an amazing find in the small town of La Flocellière: a church dating from 1090, before the first crusade! How cool!

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The Nantes Cathedral finally opened again after five years!

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Book fair at the Chateau de la Flocellière today. Beautiful site!

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Ignore the ladies in the back.

Christophe Adrien et les Vikings au salon du livre de Noirmoutier Ce week-end aura lieu le treizième Salon du Livre de Noirmoutier, avec l’association Her de Fêtes. Plus de quarante participants, dont 13 nouveaux venus, seront...

I was on the radio again 😊 what fun!

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The Flower of Chivalry with C.J. Adrien Popular author and scholar C.J. Adrien talks about the origins of the chivalric code.

The French History Podcast: The Flower of Chivalry with @cjadrien.bsky.social www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/the-flower-o... #chivalry

A “traditional Scandinavian wood working atelier” of all things. So if learning how to carve wood like a 19th century Scandinavian woodworker is your thing, that’s your spot!

Attended a book fair at the Domaine de Roiffé today.

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"Valkyrie" sets sail! Watch now | Our long-awaited chat with the captain of a modern viking ship

How are Viking longships made? Here’s the story of The Valkyrie:

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#medievalsky #vikingsky #medievalist #history #podcast

L’exemption de péage de Pépin en 826 et ce qu’elle peut nous dire sur l’activité viking durant une décennie « silencieuse ». Plongée dans les invasions vikings de la France de l’Ouest — Épisode 3

L’exemption de péage de Pépin en 826 et ce qu’elle peut nous dire sur l’activité viking durant une décennie « silencieuse ».

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#medievalsky #vikingsky #histoire #france

The First Domino: The Fall of Noirmoutier to the Vikings A Deep Dive into the Viking Invasions of Western France — Episode 5

This is when the Viking invasions in France started to accelerate:

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🔥 Une saga viking pas comme les autres 🔥
Écrite par C.J. Adrien, auteur franco-américain originaire de Noirmoutier, cette série mêle rigueur historique et récit épique.
👉 www.amazon.fr/dp/B0FPG1DT9X 👈

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Haha nice, thanks 🙏

And @shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social and @vikingologypodcast.bsky.social

Erh-hem…sniff, sniff…wink, wink…

How a Monastery Became a Fortress in the Face of Viking Raids. A Deep Dive into the Viking Invasions of Western France — Episode 4

Last week, we looked at Pépin I’s toll exemption of 826 in response to growing pressure from Viking activity along the Loire. This week, we move forward just a few years to 830, when a monastery tried something...radical.

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My novel The Fell Deeds of Fate: A Historical Novel of the Vikings in Byzantium won a Readers Favorite bronze medal. Not gold like the last one but it’s a win! 🏅

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Les Vikings à Bouin : le deuxième raid le plus ancien en France (prétendument) Plongée dans les invasions vikings en France de l’Ouest — Épisode 2

Cette semaine j'explore le raid Viking sur Bouin et ses implications:

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Pépin’s 826 Toll Exemption and What It May Tell Us About Viking Activity During a “Quiet” Decade. A Deep Dive into the Viking Invasions of Western France — Episode 3

This week, I explore the quiet decade of the 820s in France's experience of the Viking Age, and propose that it may not have been so quiet (outside the sources)...

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