In my very first official podcast I introduce my latest book, The Harrowing, a historical novel set during the Norman Conquest.

The Harrowing will be published in the UK on 7July 2016 by Heron Books, an imprint of Quercus.

The Harrowing: an introduction

In my second podcast I discuss the Harrying of the North (1069-70), the brutal campaign of subjugation conducted by William the Conqueror that forms the backdrop to my latest novel The Harrowing.

The Harrowing will be published in the UK on 7 July 2016 by Heron Books, an imprint of Quercus.

The Harrying Of The North

In my third podcast I discuss my third novel! Knights of the Hawk is the latest instalment in my Conquest Series, set in post-1066 England. 

Already out in the UK, the US paperback edition is due to be published on August 2, 2016 by Sourcebooks Landmark.

Knights of the Hawk: an introduction

In my first podcast of 2018, I discuss one of the artefacts from the Viking: Rediscover the Legend exhibition at Lakeside Arts in Nottingham, and relate it to my own research in Creative Writing.

How should we represent the Middle Ages in fiction? Whose stories from the past should we be telling? What is the purpose of historical fiction?

Adapted from a paper delivered as part of the New Perspectives initiative at Lakeside Arts on 23 January 2018.

New Perspectives

Making the past present

Historical novelist; author of the Conquest Series, set in war-torn England in the aftermath of 1066 and featuring the Norman knight Tancred.

James's latest novel, The Harrowing, will be published in the UK by Quercus on 7 July 2016.

James Aitcheson

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