After a fantastic Stuart History Festival weekend, we would like to say a big THANK YOU to the 10 speakers and our sponsors @BoWSociety & @orlandmedia. Also to Mike Beddoes, our livestream producer, and festival partners Philippa Lacey-Brewer & Jackson van Uden.

I am deeply grateful to the historians who've lent their support and endorsed Zealous. Thank you for helping me bring this book out into the world. 📚 ❤️ 📚

Further to yesterday's Stuart Saturday... I visited the Margaret Clitherow Shrine in the Shambles in York this morning. The shrine also recognises Thomas Thwing, a 17th-century martyr who was executed in October 1680 following the "Popish Plot" fabricated by Titus Oates. I try to

@penswordpub @shakeuphistory @DrCLaoutaris @Freeburian @StuartHistFest @ericanela @HannahLCornish @brionyhudson2 @MsGazelle @Jeff78159968 🎧 Ep 255 of Jo Durrant’s Beautiful Universe podcast is out now: 🤩 @1642Author talks about his passion for 17th century history, book on Prince Rupert & answers the Quick Six 🐾 Story of echidna at @GrantMuseum  📲 https://t.co/Vn606nhfNV 💻  https://t.co/QL1EOGzQ7X

LIVE NOW! Stuart Saturday Live with Dr Erica Canela

Hear ye! 'Tis time for #StuartSaturday!

Hear ye! For #StuartSaturday, please share some pretty Stuart or 17th-century things today. We're all down with Covid at my place, so could do with some lovely images and/or music! I'm currently listening to '17th-Century Music for Canto & Basso': https://t.co/CauZo2AdjM

Amazon currently have hardbacks of 'Prince Rupert of the Rhine' on a special deal - 32% off! 📚Take a stab and delve into the life and times of one of the most remarkable figures of the 17th century. @penswordbooks

A massive thank you to @HistoryRage and @GlosHistFest for the opportunity to tell the truth about the Quaker Oats man, do a little promotion for the 1970 film Cromwell, and share a bit of early Quaker history I love so much.

📚Released Today📚 Prince Rupert of the Rhine is now out on Amazon kindle! 'The real joy of the book is its ability to breathe life into its key figures ... aided by Turnbull’s exceptional study of primary sources' Steven Veerapen - for Aspects of History @AspectsHistory

4 weeks to go! 📚

DATE FOR THE DIARY: Saturday 23rd August, 3pm, Worcester. This event is not to be missed 👇

*Livestream Ticket Holders* If you purchased livestream tickets for The Stuart History Festival 5/6 July, and did not manage to watch all of the talks, please contact us for recordings of those you missed!

*Livestream Ticket Holders* If you purchased livestream tickets for The Stuart History Festival 5/6 July, and did not manage to watch all of the talks, please contact us for recordings of those you missed!

Hear ye! Join me this Saturday, 19th July 2025, at 3pm BST as I welcome guest historian Dr Steven Veerapen @stevenveerapen (The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and I) to chat about King James, the early Stuart period, and more! You can see it live here on X or YouTube

I'll be speaking at Southwark Cathedral's first History Festival on 19th July this year at 2 pm. All the information here, through the link: - https://t.co/nQVTButXbO

My new book has a cover! Coming out next year from @BloomsburyBooks

Author copies just arrived from @penswordbooks ! Few things beat this feeling. Time for a bit of a bask #Stuart #history

🐴Rupert's Released Today⚓️ With fresh insights, new evidence, and incorporating up to date studies, Rupert has sallied forth into bookshops! And cover endorsed by the brilliant @misswalsingham "fresh and balanced ... gives us new readings of much of his life" Professor Nadine

For #BastilleDay #otd let's revisit JD Davies's feature which asks: In the French Revolutionary wars, are we the bad guys? What it's like writing naval fiction from the enemy's point of view at https://t.co/eyR0F0c2Af (Also mentions the frigate L'Hermione, in the news now)

It's official, my author copies of The Perfection of Military Discipline have arrived @Helionbooks