Richard Cullen

Richard Cullen is a British author of historical adventure fiction from Leeds, Yorkshire. Before publishing under his own name, he established a career as the fantasy novelist R. S. Ford. His first historical novel, Oath Bound, was longlisted for the Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize and introduced the Wolf of Kings series, set amid the violence and political upheaval of eleventh-century England. It was followed by Shield Breaker and Winter Warrior.

Cullen is also the author of the Chronicles of the Black Lion, beginning with Rebellion and continuing with Crusade and Valour. These novels combine medieval warfare, shifting loyalties and personal vengeance with fast-moving adventure plots. His historical fiction is particularly associated with Norman England, the Crusades and warrior protagonists attempting to survive periods of conquest and dynastic conflict.

Periods and events

First Barons’ War Harrying of the North Teutonic Order and Baltic Crusades Early Victorian Britain Victorian Crime and Sensation Culture Medieval England after the Norman Conquest Crusades Battle of Hastings Medieval France Chivalry and Knightly Culture

Series

Series by Richard Cullen (2 series)

Chronicles of the Black Lion in Order

by Richard Cullen 4 books 4.4

Chronicles of the Black Lion follows Estienne Wace from King John’s divided England into the wider conflicts and military cultures of the early thirteenth century. Rebellion places the orphaned squire in William Marshal’s household as baronial opposition and Prince Louis of France threaten the crown. Crusade carries him…

Rebellion

4.5

Crusade

4.3

Valour

4.4

Glory

The Wolf of Kings in Order

by Richard Cullen 3 books 4.3

The Wolf of Kings follows Styrkar the Dane, a surviving housecarl of Harold Godwinson, through the resistance to William the Conqueror after the Battle of Hastings. Oath Bound begins on Senlac Hill in 1066 and turns Styrkar’s loyalty to his dead king into a campaign of personal vengeance…