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Livingstans assemble! Join our Stormborn Q&A with @michaellivingston.com this Saturday on @malkiertalks.com YouTube channel. youtube.com/live/95hNI-O...
Always enjoy talking with my friends @livingstans.com :)
Pleased and grateful to see BLOODY CROWNS/200 YEARS WAR reviewed alongside Sumption’s final volume in the Wall Street Journal.
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right. one of the best things I have read recently is @michaellivingston.com’s Bloody Crowns, where he argues that our concept of the 116 year span of the Hundred Years War is a 19thc invention and proposes a 200 year frame that makes the conflict make a LOT more sense to me.
I have no problem with this. :)
Historical Fiction is such delightful fun! Cleopatra and Company didn’t do any of the things I had them do in my Shards books … we think. :)
I’ve been accused of making too much of that impact — it’s how I start my book on Agincourt — but I really don’t think I am. Was very pleased when Dan used it for his biography.
I’ll ask around, but off the top of my head I don’t know of anyone who has gone further than that. My unpublished research has delved into some other aspects and ramifications of that moment, but not the question of who the men were. Sorry!
Bradmore’s own account says that the climactic moment was witnessed by “the diverse gentlemen and the servants of the prince.” Doesn’t tell us who those folks were, but it might be read as indicating that the king was NOT there.
An interesting question! Across the many days that Bradmore treated Prince Hal there would have been a great many comings and goings at the castle. But if you’re thinking of the moment of the arrowhead’s removal that’s a smaller cast of witnesses.
Out now, a wee article related to my new history of the Hundred Years War, outlining some of the ways it Europeans to the New World.
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The Ark and the Empire, first book in the Shards trilogy (pub by @headofzeus.bsky.social), by @michaellivingston.com, is a great blend between history and myth; a pageturner that gives a fantastical spin over a key moment of Roman history.
Full thoughts:
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Just an unbelievable story, right?
(So glad you’re enjoying it!)
Tomorrow, tomorrow, I’ll be talking, tomorrow … it’s only a day away …
⚔️ Please join me this Thursday for an online talk about the (Two) Hundred Years War with the Smithsonian Associates!
🏹 Link in comments!
Yesterday I was writing about Shiloh. This morning Omaha Beach. Right now, the Third Crusade.
All of it, strangely and concerningly, relevant.
It’s hard to promote anything with all that’s going on, but if you’re looking for an escape, my first novel was just re-released. It’s beautifiul and I’m very proud of it:
Julius Caesar is dead, assassinated on the senate floor, and the glory that is Rome has been torn in two...
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The Ark and the Empire, by Michael Livingston
9.- The Ark and the Empire (The Shards #1), by @michaellivingston.com (pub by @headofzeus.bsky.social)
Ready your sea legs for our full series review of The Seaborn Cycle by @michaellivingston.com
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Folks, this new article about a forgotten episode in George Washington’s life is terrific.
www.smithsonianmag.com/history/skir...
Shard of Heaven by Dr Michael Livingston @michaellivingston.com
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Extra bonus, by the way, if said work actually takes mine on. (In which case I typically make suggestions on how to best plunge a knife into the gaps in my armor that I know about.)
So many great books. And mine, too!
I love — LOVE — having the opportunity to review a colleague’s work and give it an enthusiastic thumbs-up. Will they ever know it was me? Likely not. But I can still secretly smile in the joy of their success.
Start a NEW epic historical fantasy series that reveals the hidden celestial battle behind the course of history...
#TheArkAndTheEmpire by Michael Livingston is coming on 15th January! 🦅⚔️
Pre-order here 👉 bit.ly/3MmhFCZ
A festive photo of Stormborn by Michael Livingston surrounded by cozy holiday decor. A red and white striped mug holding a green beverage with chocolate sprinkles. A poinsettia tablecloth, green candle, mini tree, soft snowmen and penguins. Bookshelves are in the background.
Happy Holidays Livingstans! Our Stormborn readalong resumes January 1. Thanks for our festive reading @michaellivingston.com. 💫 Photo credit: @bain-chiad.bsky.social
This was awesome to wake up to.
(Also: I’m loving Civ 7 so far; some fascinating narrative choices.)
200 years war under 200 if we take @michaellivingston.com’s argument which I do find persuasive
Oh man! If the folks who made ‘The Great’ are looking for a medieval sequel, ‘The Bad’ is their guy.
