Mark Turnbull Author

What a line-up @anneapplebaum.bsky.social Yuval Noah Harari, @elegantfowl.bsky.social @soniapurnell.bsky.social @questingvole.bsky.social 🥂 Excited that my book #Spycraft @yalebooks.bsky.social , co-written with Pete Langman, is included in SUCH good company by @economist.com !

📅 March 1645, John Byron wrote of a plot. A flaxen haired man called Corbett was to ship some soldiers from Liverpool into North Wales, using a fake commission signed by Prince Rupert. They would masquerade as troops from Ireland come to serve the king. Byron wrote to John Owen calling for vigilance

📅 March 1645, John Byron wrote of a plot. A flaxen haired man called Corbett was to ship some soldiers from Liverpool into North Wales, using a fake commission signed by Prince Rupert. They would masquerade as troops from Ireland come to serve the king. Byron wrote to John Owen calling for vigilance

We all know what happened to Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings.
He was shot in the eye.
But, says Paul Bernardi, that may not be what happened. Is this one in the eye for our accepted image of Harold's death?
See why at historiamag.com/harold-death...

👋 This week, John Stallard and Mark spoke about #wargaming that led to:

#livinghistory, #WW2 Brig Young & The Sealed Knot-More @ Ep1 with Andy George

#WW1 generals like Haig-More @ Ep7 with @profgsheffield.bsky.social

#ECW & Prince Rupert-More @ Ep21 with @1642author.bsky.social

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Flight Craft 29: Boeing B-29 Superfortress The B-29 Superfortress was the definitive expression in piston-powered offensive air power. It was designed for an air force that was slowly realising it needed…

Today is the 80th Anniversary of the first use of a Special Weapon. Little Boy, a uranium bomb, was dropped by the Enola Gay, a Silver Plate modified Boeing B-29, at 08:15 local time, over the city of Hiroshima. 140,000 would die.
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🏰 Great news! Prince Rupert has arrived at Rockingham Castle - setting of the iconic BBC civil war drama 'By the Sword Divided'.
If you visit this amazing castle, you'll find Rupert holding court in the gift shop.

'gives us new readings of much of his life'
Professor Nadine Akkerman

👋 Discussing #Wargaming, #History and #Livinghistory with John Stallard out today

💬We discuss FM Haig, the #AngloZuluWar, #WW1, #WW2 and Konflikt ‘47 amongst some games by @WarlordGames and others, coming to a conclusion on exploring the past via Wargaming

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Judith Arnopp @jarnopp.bsky.social
"Evocative and moving, the period is wonderfully and brutally drawn." - #Review

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🏰 Great news! Prince Rupert has arrived at Rockingham Castle - setting of the iconic BBC civil war drama 'By the Sword Divided'.
If you visit this amazing castle, you'll find Rupert holding court in the gift shop.

'gives us new readings of much of his life'
Professor Nadine Akkerman

John Lilburne doing John Lilburne things....

What a great snippet! Thank you!

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Missing the heat of the UK Summer - then read this Award Winning Thriller set in one hot Summer in Cold War Portugal when politics is lost in vendetta

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Really enjoyed talking to the Royal Stuart Society about Prince Rupert last night. A great Q&A session afterwards.
* Could Rupert have taken London after Edgehill if he'd been allowed?
* Was his civil war military record marred by his cavalry charges?
* Was he an effective naval commander?

👋 Coming Wednesday…

💬 Returning to the #SWW Discussing ‘Thunder Run: Meiktila 1945’ with @historybowsh.bsky.social

⚔️ What an operation, conducted at reach with extended supply - truly worth studying 📖

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Really enjoyed talking to the Royal Stuart Society about Prince Rupert last night. A great Q&A session afterwards.
* Could Rupert have taken London after Edgehill if he'd been allowed?
* Was his civil war military record marred by his cavalry charges?
* Was he an effective naval commander?

Time for a summer reading offer - immerse yourself in the Midsomer of the Roman Empire as the disgraced poet Ovid turns his hand to solving a murder…now just 99p on Kindle. mybook.to/nWepGI

'A brilliant, engaging and balanced character study that brings Rupert out of the shadows ...'
'I particularly enjoyed its focus on the various women in Rupert’s life ... to see them explored in more detail than had been done previously'.
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The latest episode of CavalierCast podcast, which explores aspects of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
This one, with Murdo Fraser MSP, discusses Archibald Campbell, Marquis of Argyll, the Covenanter leader.

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📅#OTD 1646, #Oxford. The royalist garrison surrender but soldiers refuse to disperse until they receive their pay. The parliamentarians, to prevent disorder, sell the food found in Oxford's magazines to the inhabitants to raise the money.

📅#OTD 1646, #Oxford. The royalist garrison surrender but soldiers refuse to disperse until they receive their pay. The parliamentarians, to prevent disorder, sell the food found in Oxford's magazines to the inhabitants to raise the money.

📅#OTD 1645, royalist Bridgwater surrenders to Sir Thomas Fairfax, who takes 1000 prisoners & 36 pieces of ordnance.
Months later, Parliament reward each soldier who stormed the town with ten shillings, shoes & stockings.

📅#OTD 1645, royalist Bridgwater surrenders to Sir Thomas Fairfax, who takes 1000 prisoners & 36 pieces of ordnance.
Months later, Parliament reward each soldier who stormed the town with ten shillings, shoes & stockings.

Sharing with readers & author friends that special sense of achievement - & relief - that comes after writing the last chapter of a new book. Working title 'The Doomsong Legend' Bk 3 in Viking Age Doomsong Saga @PenmorePress @histnovsoc.bsky.social #Vikings #Historicalfantasy

Some great summer reads here.

#NewRelease!

January 1536
The King is dead... but who will live long now?

A fateful accident on the jousting field leaves Henry VIII dead and his country trembling on the edge of chaos...

All the King's Bastards £3.99
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📅#OTD 1643, Lord Willoughby takes #Gainsborough from the royalists. He captures the Earl of Kingston & sends him by ship to Hull.
The ship 'Being espied by a Party of the King's Forces, they drew up some Musqueteers .. and discharged' accidentally killing Kingston in his cabin.