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Paul Bannister

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Paul Bannister is a British historical novelist and former journalist who worked for national publications in both Britain and the United States. He began writing historical fiction in 2012, drawing on the research and investigative skills developed during his reporting career. His earlier work also included international magazine journalism and investigations into unusual subjects, experiences later described in his autobiographical book Tabloid Man & the Baffling Chair of Death.

Bannister is best known for several series of military and political historical adventures. The six-volume Forgotten Emperor series, beginning with Arthur Britannicus, reimagines the world of post-Roman Britain and the legends surrounding Arthur, while the Crusader novels follow conflict, intrigue and shifting loyalties during the medieval Crusades. His Black Prince series, which opens with Storm of Arrows, is set during the Hundred Years’ War and combines battlefield action with the ambitions and rivalries of fourteenth-century Europe.

Periods and events

Albigensian Crusade1209–1229 CE Angevin Empire1154–1214 CE Anglo-Saxon Settlement of Britain5th–6th centuries CE Arthurian BritainLegendary setting, conventionally c. 5th–6th centuries CE Battle of Crécy1346 CE Black Death1347–1351 CE Boudican Revolt60–61 CE Christianisation of the Roman Empire312–380 CE Crusades1095–1291 CE Fall of the Western Roman Empirec. 395–476 CE First Barons’ War1215–1217 CE Great Fire of Rome64 CE Hundred Years’ War in France1337–1453 CE Late Roman Britain284–410 CE Magna Carta1215 CE Medieval Scotland843–1500 CE Peasants’ Revolt1381 CE Plantagenet England1154–1485 CE Second Barons’ War1264–1267 CE Third Crusade1189–1192 CE Wars of Scottish Independence1296–1357 CE Year of the Four Emperors69 CE

Historical fiction

Historical fiction series by Paul Bannister (3 series)

Storm of Arrows in Order

by Paul Bannister 2 books 4.0(2,812)

The Storm of Arrows sequence follows Sir Thomas Holland from Edward III’s seizure of power to the opening campaigns of the Hundred Years’ War. Storm of Arrows places the young archer and baron beside the king during the overthrow of Roger Mortimer, the wars in Scotland, the naval…

The Forgotten Emperor Series in Order

by Paul Bannister 6 books 4.0(2,310)

The Forgotten Emperor series presents a historical reinterpretation of Arthur as Mauseus Carausius, a late Roman soldier who becomes the ruler of an independent Britain. Beginning with his childhood and service in the Roman army, the sequence follows his revolt against imperial authority, the creation of a British…

Crusader in Order

by Paul Bannister 5 books 3.9(1,812)

The Crusader series follows the fictional Lancastrian knight Frederick Banastre and his descendants through the conflicts of the Angevin and early Plantagenet monarchy. Frederick enters the household of the future Richard I, campaigns in France and the Holy Land, and becomes involved in the political struggles caused by…

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Standalone historical fiction by Paul Bannister (3 books)

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