A weekly newsletter from Dan Jones, about medieval history (mostly)
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FIVE MEDIEVAL BOOKS TO READ THIS FALL
Vikings, peasants, moody kings - here’s what’s on my desk right now
My new book, Castles: A Fortified History of the World is now open for pre-orders in the UK and USA.
WHAT MAKES A GREAT HISTORICAL LEADER?
Timing, skill, judgement or... luck? Let’s discuss...
This summer the New York Times sent me a book to review. Profits, Prophets, Coaches And Kings is the latest work by Jared Diamond, the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian/scientist/anthrop...
WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BE HIT BY A TREBUCHET DURING A CASTLE SIEGE?
Now we know
This weekend I was standing outside a pub trying to watch the eclipse using the barely spread fingers of my right hand as a solar light diffuser when a guy I used to know clapped me on the shoulder and shouted DAN JONES!
LET’S HANG OUT IN NYC!!!
This November I’ll be on book tour in the US.
If you’d like to spend three days of that hanging out with me in New York, visiting some of the greatest medieval galleries in the world, coming to an invite-only book launch event and having...
THE PEASANTS' REVOLT: THE MOVIE
Paul Greengrass's new film, The Uprising, brings the summer of 1381 to the big screen
One sunny Friday afternoon, twenty-some years ago, I got an email that asked me to make a decision. In hindsight, it feels like a pivotal life moment.
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New York Times bestselling historian, broadcaster and author. My books have sold more than one million copies worldwide. My documentaries include the Netflix series Secrets of Great British Castles. I live in the UK.
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