I stumbled across Matt while researching Anglo Saxon swords and I was looking for a book on the subject. I found Anglo Saxon Books, and there I found Matt and Paul Mortimer’s Book, The Sword in Anglo-Saxon England – a massively weighty tome on all things sword in the Anglo Saxon world. It is a […]

This time round I managed to pin down Dr Simon Elliott, who is best know for his work on the Roman military as well as work on Roman London and how the stone used came from the Medway. Which is where we used to live. In fact, we used to walk around the Battle of […]

This time around I chat with Dr Timothy Venning who has written a lot of books on alternative timelines and what would happen if key events went different ways. I guess these books would be great for wargammers.Tell us a little about yourself.I am a First Class Hons History graduate (Classical, Medieval and Early Modern, […]

This time around I interview Ilkka Syvänne. Ilkka writes a lot around the Late Rome period and uses re-enactors in his books, which is a great thing. I have Ilkka’s first 2 Military History of Late Rome books and they are very well written and hugely detailed.Tell us a little about yourself.I am a military […]