British Museum Conference on the Bayeux Tapestry

The British Museum has finally finished the editing of the papers given at the international conference in July 2008. I was honoured to have been invited to give a paper at that conference and it is finally in print. A brief synoposis of my paper is that the brother's of King Harold are the only other Anglo-Saxon nobles besides Harold, Archbishop Stigand and King Edward to be depicted in the tapestry. the question is why? My paper explored the reasons why they might have been given a prominent place in the tapestry.

The Hiccoughing Dragon has gone to the publisher

A children's story which I wrote in 1999 has finally gone to the publisher. Part of the delay was finding someone who was willing to illustrate it. Cindy Rock agreed to do the pictures and they are fantastic. I have attached one here. Will let you know of the release date.

Current works

Dear Readers

Well, I'm in the envious place of having three books currently in production. Nearly two hundred pages into my next novel, 'The Relic Theif' and have a few chapters on the next in my medieval outlaw series, about the Empress Irene, though a good catchy title is eluding me. The third book is a non-fiction on parasites and plagues in history, is growing on me... err forgive the bad joke. It seems to be developing a life of its own and wanting to be written now. Like an unhouse-broken dog, I am allowing it out from time to time and working on it a plague at a time. This book my also be another first me, as I might have a co-author for it; a scientist who will keep me out of trouble science wise.

In other news, yours truly has been named a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and is as pleased as punch with this honour.