The Knights Hospitallers in Rhodes
Exploring their story and the 1522 siege through historical fiction
My latest substack post explores my honeymoon adventures in the medieval old town of Rhodes and reviews a book set during its 1522 siege.
#rhodes #greece #history #historicalfiction #knightshospitaller
30.05.2025 06:10 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My May Odyssey
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Mythos by Stephen Fry
Fry uses his comedic and witty style to bring the Greek myths alive. The myths are vivid, chaotic and entertaining in their own right, but layered with Fry’s commentary, explanations, and wicked sense of humour, they really sparkle.
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09.05.2025 08:56 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fields of Glory by Michael Jecks
Blog tour with Rachel's Random Resources
Blog tour with rachelsrandomresources🧳
Fields of Glory by Michael Jecks.
Set in the lead up to the Battle of Crecy, expect lots of violence, chaos and action in this thrilling start to a new series.
open.substack.com/pub/maddyrea...
01.05.2025 07:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The forgotten stories of the women in the RAF
Wings Unseen by Suzy Susan
Wings Unseen By Suzy Susan. A true story of the women who served in the RAF in WW2.
open.substack.com/pub/maddyrea...
#historicalfiction #booksky #ww2 ##womenshistory
28.04.2025 08:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Ballad of Mary Kearney by Katherine Mezzacappa
Blog tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club
Blog tour with the @thecoffeepotbookclub 🧳 The Ballad of Mary Kearney by @katmezzacappa.bsky.social and @cathiedunn.bsky.social
A beautiful ballad of love and loss.
open.substack.com/pub/maddyrea...
#historicalfiction #booksky
25.04.2025 21:06 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
For nearly two years, we've been going to Bath for a monthly date day. Coffee and cake, book browsing (where we MUST come away with at least one new book), and maybe a cheeky tipple….
This one's our first one as husband and wife, after being married (in Bath, of course) 3 weeks ago.
#booksky
18.04.2025 09:52 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Samuel M. Sargeant's Faith of Their Fathers is set in 11th-century Iceland. He's used the old sagas to influence a story of faith, conflict and daily life in a land many of us don't know. It's fast-paced, grim, and edgy with a strong cast.
Full review on Insta 👉
#booksky #Iceland #histfic
17.04.2025 10:17 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Engraver's Secret by Lisa Medved
Blog tour with Random Things Tours
Blog Tour 🧳
My stop on Random Things Tours for The Engraver’s Secret by Lisa Medved.
maddyreadsherstory.substack.com/p/the-engrav...
#history #historicalfiction #art #theengraverssecret #booksky
16.04.2025 08:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The saga landscapes
A historic hen do in Iceland
When you think hen do, Iceland probably doesn't come up, right? 🤔
open.substack.com/pub/maddyrea...
#iceland #history #vikings #booksky #sagas
11.04.2025 14:02 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Saw the Lewis Chesspieces today!
#history #edinburgh
02.04.2025 11:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Today I saw this famous painting - ‘The Murder of Rizzio' by Sir David Allen, 1833 in The National Gallery, #Edinburgh.
It shows the assassination of David Rizzio, the queen's Italian secretary, in March 1566.
#maryqueenofscots #history
01.04.2025 19:52 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
New historical novels to read this April
April's new historical fiction picks feature dark medieval stories, Georgian settings, mystery in Elizabethan London, and tales from ancient Britannia.
April's new historical fiction picks now on the blog! Featuring: dark medieval stories, Georgian settings, mystery in Elizabethan London, and tales from ancient Britannia.
#newbooks #historicalfiction #booksky #booknerd #books #spring
30.03.2025 10:07 — 👍 6 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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I've just joined Substack! Subscribe for all things historical and historical fiction. Pre 1800 of course....
#booksky
21.03.2025 22:24 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Sword Brethren by Jon Byrne – blog tour with The Coffee Pot Book Club
Sword Bretheren by Jon Byrne, a historical novel of the Livonian Crusade
Blog tour: Sword Brethren by Jon Byrne, a historical novel of the Livonian Crusade.
#thecoffeepotbookclub #historicalfiction #medieval #booksky
11.03.2025 07:11 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Q: Who wrote the first autobiography in English that tells the story of a mother, a mystic and a pilgrim? Drop your guesses in the comments and swipe to reveal the answer. No cheating! Let's see who knows their literary history.
#booksky
#womanshistorymonth
04.03.2025 10:23 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Recent book haul.
No one talk to me, I've got #books to read.
#booksky #historicalfiction
22.02.2025 15:57 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
It's one I'm really excited to read because I love the premise of it.
14.02.2025 20:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Historical fiction book stack for #valentinesday
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#histfic
14.02.2025 20:11 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
The Black Tulip by Alexander Dumas is a cinematic, exciting experience. There’s romance, imprisonment, violence (quite shocking at times), a nemesis, revenge and themes of justice and freedom.
Full review on Insta ☝️
#booksky
06.02.2025 15:29 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Valentine’s reads: new historical fiction you’ll love
Fall in love with new historical fiction this February.
Fall in love with new historical fiction. Link in bio or head to maddyreadsherstory.com
#newbooks #historicalfiction #booksky #booknerd #valentines
02.02.2025 09:02 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Book tour with the #coffeepotbookclub. The Fugitive's Sword by @emswifthook.bsky.social. Set in 1624, during The Thirty Years War, the fate of a wealthy lady, a fierce swordsman and a foundling collide. #booksky
maddyreadsherstory.com/2025/01/30/t...
30.01.2025 08:03 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
📚 Rebellion by Richard Cullen
Set during the Baron’s Rebellion and the signing of the Magna Carta, this has knights, battles and politics. Following a young, bumbling squire on his journey to knighthood, it has an engaging plot with a rich historical setting.
Full review on Insta 👉
#booksky
29.01.2025 09:46 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
After some short and gritty #historicalfiction?
#booksky
23.01.2025 10:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My biggest nightmare is to be at a fantastic place figuring out, that I forgot to bring my camera
Counterfactuals for the geopolitically curious. What if the script flipped? The GPS of alternate timelines. Because history doesn’t repeat—it remixes. Let’s imagine the tracks that never dropped.
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Stories set in the past are my obsession, and I've had three dark historical thrillers published. I also love writing Regency romances (I blame Georgette Heyer). Other interests - painting, poetry, and walking in the Derbyshire hills
Author DEVIL’S BREATH-BBC Between The Covers book club pick, HELL’S BELLS and BELLA DONNA Pub’d by @bwpublishing.
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NEW REPORT 📢 Critical Junctures: Safeguarding the Freedom
to Create in Poland ⬇️
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🏳️🌈 Historical fiction | Queer history | Theatre history | Early modernist | USian in Spain.
Debut novel LIGHTBORNE out now.
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Historical novelist and non-fiction author. NHS GP. Ex-British army. Author of the Honour Bound Trilogy published by Sharpe Books.
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Journalist & historian. Pub musician. Dad. Husband. Fishing obsessed. I also do dishes. Preorder: #ThePublicScholar - https://tinyurl.com/thepublicscholar. Subscribe to the Modern Medieval Newsletter: https://buttondown.email/ModernMedieval
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Writer. Debut novel THE TOWER (2024) Hutchinson Heinemann/ Doubleday.
