Author: Timothy Venning

'There is nothing new under the sun', a phrase ascribed originally to King Solomon, applies to the present book, with echoes of 'modern' themes exp...

For a medieval English king, delegation was a necessary evil; and nowhere more necessary nor more potentially disastrous than on the Anglo-Welsh ...

Continuing his exploration of the pathways of British history, Timothy Venning examines the turning points of the Tudor period, though he also stra...

In contrast to most of Scotland, the north-western coast and the islands beyond were a region of mixed political control as well as culture into th...

The Welsh kings and queens who ruled prior to the Norman Conquest of Wales are shrouded in mystery. Most of what we know is from legend, names in a...

Regicide, military dictatorship, war and rumours of war, opposition from all sides and collapse of a 'failed state': such is the story of Oliver Cr...

Royal mysteries never fail to intrigue readers and TV viewers. The 'mysteries', unravelled and analysed, are of enduring fascination and full of tr...

The kingdom of Scots was the last of the non-Anglo-Saxon states of Britain to survive as a political entity. Alone of the Celtic nations, it was no...

The Anglo-Saxon era is one of the most important in English history, covering the period from the end of Roman authority in the British Isles to th...