Stuarts Archives - Aspects of History

Jessie Childs on the Siege of Loyalty House

The award-winning historian is interviewed by writer and academic Steven Veerapen about her new book.

The Civil Wars, despite their importance in British history, tend to be little discussed - certainly in comparison to, say, the Tudor or Victorian eras. Why do you think that is - is the conflict viewed as too complicated, or stemming from obscure religious and...

Miranda Malins

The Cromwellian author discusses her inspirations and the Civil War.

Miranda Malins

Miranda Malins, what led you to the 17th century and the English Civil Wars that you wrote your first book in? A school debate about the execution of Charles I and a trip to Cromwell’s House in Ely first sparked my passion for this brilliant period. It is the most...

Miranda Malins

Miranda is a writer and historian specialising in the history of Oliver Cromwell, his family and the politics of the Interregnum period following the Civil Wars. She studied at Cambridge University, leaving with a PhD, and is a Trustee of the Cromwell Association. Miranda has written two historical novels about the Cromwell family published by Orion Fiction: The Puritan Princess (2020) and The Rebel Daughter (2022). She also contributes features and book reviews to publications including History Today, the Critic, BBC History, Aspects of History, Historia and the journal Cromwelliana.

Miranda Malins

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Ian Gentles on The New Model Army

Ian Gentles is the author of The New Model Army and he discusses the force that overcame the Royalists.

Margaret Willes

Ian Gentles, The New Model Army: Agent of Revolution is an updated edition of your earlier title, but it’s almost a different book – just how much has changed? The first edition has been condensed to about half its original length. It assimilates much new research,...

Fiction Book of the Month: Deborah Swift on Pleasing Mr Pepys

The acclaimed novelist talks all about the first of her trilogy involving the great Samuel Pepys.

Deborah Swift

Deborah Swift, what is it about Samuel Pepys that makes for such an entertaining subject, even today? I think as a writer I just appreciate the fact he took the time to document in such detail the age in which he lived. This has made him a source for historians and...

The New Model Army

The New Model Army fought beyond the borders of the three kingdoms.

Ian Gentles

The New Model Army takes on board a great deal of new research – by Phil Baker, Rachel Foxley and John Rees among others -- on the Leveller movement, with whom the New Model was in close contact throughout its fifteen-year history. When in the 1650s the soldiers...

The Plague Letters, by V.L.Valentine

The Great Plague of London and a novel which is written with skill.

Michael Ward

V.L. Valentine’s visceral debut skilfully immerses the reader in the dread and despair of plague-ridden London during the stinking hot summer of 1665. The story centres on Symon Patrick, the young Rector of St. Paul’s in Covent Garden, and his discovery that, among...

Timothy Ashby

Timothy Ashby is interviewed about history, the Stuarts, his inspiration and his new book Ranger set during the American Revolution.

Timothy Ashby

Timothy Ashby, what first attracted you to the period or periods you work in? I have been fascinated by the Elizabethan era since reading that a distant relative was a top “intelligencer” and English ambassador to Scotland. I lived on the island of Grenada as a young...

Pen and Sword Books

The origin of Pen & Sword Books is closely linked with its sister company, the Barnsley Chronicle; one of the UK's oldest provincial newspapers – established in 1858 – and one of the few weeklies still in private ownership.The first books published by the company were in response to public demand following of a series of articles published in the newspaper:- Dark Peak Aircraft Wrecks told the story of crash sites in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District National Park, and a further weekly feature on the history of two Kitchener battalions, known as the Barnsley Pals, aroused a thirst for more information. Over the years these books have been reprinted a number of times and have collectively sold around 20,000 copies.Following on from the success of Dark Peak Wrecks and Barnsley Pals books, a number of local history paperbacks were produced along with a series of battlefield guide books. Battleground Europe proved immediately successful and as more and more titles were produced the company made the decision to launch a book publishing arm of the group.

Osprey Publishing

Books Click on any of the books covers below to either buy or get more information on Amazon From the Publisher Pen and Sword Books Ltd was set up in 1990 to publish non-fiction history books, covering all areas of history from the ancient past to recent history. We...

David Starkey: YouTube Sensation

The acclaimed historian is giving informative talks on his new YouTube channel.

Steven Veerapen

David Starkey is the latest historian to get in on the action of YouTube. Viewers will be familiar with him, of course, from his media presence (on television, radio, and in print); now, he has begun a YouTube series, the scope of which includes English political and...