Moments of History

The Moments of History series uses self-contained historical adventures to explore discoveries and technologies that changed the balance of power between societies. Each novel follows fictional travellers and craftsmen whose ambitions place them beside documented rulers, scholars and military events at a decisive historical turning point.

The Silk Tree moves between sixth-century Byzantium and China as two adventurers attempt to obtain the guarded secret of silk production. The Powder of Death shifts to medieval England and traces the feared knowledge of gunpowder from Roger Bacon’s Oxford to Edward III’s army at the Battle of Crécy.