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Historical fiction
The Children of Black Water Valley follows nine young people in the fictional Welsh mining village of Bryn-du between 1878 and 1880. The pit, chapel, terraced streets and extended families shape lives in which childhood responsibilities arrive early and industrial danger is never distant. Across three novels, migration,…
The Dark Eagle series follows the Occultum, a fictional Roman covert unit modelled loosely on the scouts, informants and reconnaissance personnel used by imperial armies. Beginning during the reign of Claudius, the sequence sends small teams beyond normal military support into Germania, Britannia, Egypt, Africa, the eastern Mediterranean…
The Brotherhood follows the fictional Templar Thomas Cronin through the wars of the Crusader states and the political consequences of the Fourth Crusade. The sequence begins under Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, when Saladin's growing power threatens the remaining Christian territories. Montgisard, Jacob's Ford, Hattin, the siege of Acre…
Road to Hastings traces the political rise of the Godwin family and the decisions that produced the English succession crisis of 1066. Beginning with Edith of Wessex's marriage to Edward the Confessor, the trilogy follows Earl Godwin and Harold Godwinson through exile, restoration, diplomacy and the growing influence…
The Roman Chronicles follow the fictional friends Prydain and Cassus as the invasion of AD 43 divides their loyalties and carries them through the first generation of Roman conquest. Their personal conflict unfolds alongside the campaigns of Claudius, Caratacus and Roman governors in Britain. The trilogy advances from…
The Blood of Kings follows Welsh royal families as they resist Norman marcher expansion from the late eleventh into the early twelfth century. Gruffudd ap Cynan's attempts to recover Gwynedd provide the centre of the opening novels, while captivity, political marriage and rival dynasties carry the story into…
The Medieval Sagas follow the Welsh brothers Garyn and Geraint from the last Crusader campaigns in the Holy Land to Edward I's conquest and occupation of Wales. Family secrets, captivity and mercenary service connect distant warfare with the struggle for political survival at home. The later novels move…
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