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The Last Seven is this week's Kindle Countdown deal, and I have news about book 8

The Last Seven, our last encounter with Coelwulf and his fierce Mercian warriors, is this week’s Kindle Countdown Deal in the UK/US at 99p/99c for the next 7 days, and available to read worldwide with Kindle Unlimited. Here’s the blurb: He sent twenty men to infiltrate three hundred. It had to be enough. While Archbishop Wulfhere of York begs for assistance against Jarl Halfdan, now living in…

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15th January

St Coelwulf’s Day / The Glasgow Five

Frontspiece to “Wm Taits Edition of the Trial”, Edinburgh 1838. Source: Grosvenor Prints website

Today is St Coelwulf’s Day. Coelwulf was an eighth century King of Northumbria who was deposed and tonsured by rebels. Giving a crowned head a monastic shave was a way to disqualify a king from the throne, according to East Roman practice. Coelwulf however soon returned to the throne but he did abdicate in 737 of his own free will and joined the monastery at Lindisfarne making it fabulously wealthy in the process and guaranteeing his eventual sainthood.

On this day in 1838, the trial of five Glasgow cotton spinners concluded. The striking workers had been accused of killing a blackleg by shooting him in the back. The evidence was flimsy at best, and the presiding judge acquitted the men of both murder and conspiracy to murder. However the judge also had an aversion to working class assertiveness so he instead convicted the strikers of “Illegal Activities” and sentenced the accused to transportation. The illegal activity concerned was picketing. The ensuing sense of injustice and sympathy for the convicted men was immense and a swiftly penned broadside song summed up popular sentiment towards the powers that be:-

Whigs and Tories are united, we see very plain,

To crush the poor labourer is their daily aim.

The outcry against the convictions was such that the spinners were never transported and the so-called Glasgow Five were eventually freed after serving two years in Woolwich gaol.

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#TheLastKing #MJPorter #HFVBTBlogTours

The Last King by M.J. Porter Publication Date: April 23, 2020 Paperback & eBook; 314 pages Series: The Ninth Century, Book One Genre: Historical Thriller     They sent three hundred warriors to kill one man. It wasn’t enough. Mercia lies broken but not beaten, her alliance with Wessex in tatters. Coelwulf, a fierce and bloody warrior, hears whispers that Mercia has been betrayed from his home in…

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King Ceolwulf (also CEOLWULPH or CEOLULPH) Coelwulf, King of Northumbria and monk of Lindisfarne, date and place of birth not known; died at Lindisfarne, 764. His ancestry is thus given by the “Anglo-Saxon Chronicle”: “Ceolwulf was the son of Cutha,

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The Last Shield is this week's Kindle Countdown deal, and I've found an interview that King Coelwulf gave a few years ago to reshare with you:)

The Last Shield is this week's Kindle Countdown deal, and I've found an interview that King Coelwulf gave a few years ago to reshare with you:) #histfic #TalesOfMercia #TheLastKing

This week’s Kindle Countdown deal in the UK/US is The Last Shield, the sixth in The Last King/The Mercian Ninth Century Series (I tend to use both titles rather interchangeably). It’s also available to read with Kindle Unlimited. Here’s the blurb Summoned back to Worcester by Bishop Wærferth, Coelwulf discovers that an old enemy has resurfaced on the border with the Welsh, but this time, an…

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The Last Sword is this week's Kindle Countdown deal, and Rudolf gives an interview

The Last Sword is this week's Kindle Countdown deal, and Rudolf gives an interview #TheLastSword #TheLastKing #bookbargain #histfic

This week’s Kindle Countdown deal in the UK/US is The Last Sword, the fifth in The Last King/The Mercian Ninth Century Series (I tend to use both titles rather interchangeably). It’s also available to read with Kindle Unlimited. I thought I would reshare an ‘interview’ that Rudolf gave after the release of the book. Here’s the blurb The three defeated jarls of Grantabridge might be hiding…

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The Last Enemy is this week's Kindle Countdown deal - but who was the historical Coelwulf?

The Last Enemy is this week's Kindle Countdown deal - but who was the historical Coelwulf? #TalesOfMercia #BookBargain #KindleDeal

This week’s Kindle Countdown deal in the UK/US is The Last Enemy, the fourth in The Last King/The Mercian Ninth Century Series (I tend to use both titles rather interchangeably). It’s also available to read with Kindle Unlimited. Read on below to discover more about the historical Coelwulf? Here’s the blurb Mercia lies broken but not beaten, her alliance with Wessex in tatters, her new king a…

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Warrior of Mercia, book 3 in the Eagle of Mercia Chronicles, is currently 99p/99c for a limited time (UK, Canada, Australia)

Warrior of Mercia, book 3 in the Eagle of Mercia Chronicles, is currently 99p/99c for a limited time (UK, Canada, Australia) #bookbargain #historicalfiction #TalesOfMercia #TheEagleofMerciaChronicles

With the release of Eagle of Mercia, book 4 in the Eagle of Mercia Chronicles, only two weeks away, what better time to snap up book 3, Warrior of Mercia. The ebook is currently reduced to 99p/99c in the UK, Canada and Australia. Icel is a lone wolf no more… Oath sworn to Wiglaf, King of Mercia and acknowledged as a member of Ealdorman Ælfstan’s warrior band, Icelcontinues to forge his own…

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Journey back to Britain in the seventh century with the #GodsandKings trilogy. Before Coelwulf, the Kingdom of Mercia laid claim to another warrior king, this is Penda's story. books2read.com/PaganWarrior #PaganWarrior #PaganKing #WarriorKing #SeventhCentury #HistoricalFiction

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Journey back to Britain in the seventh century with the #GodsandKings trilogy. Before Coelwulf, the Kingdom of Mercia laid claim to another warrior king, this is Penda's story. books2read.com/PaganWarrior #PaganWarrior #PaganKing #WarriorKing #SeventhCentury #HistoricalFiction

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Journey back to Britain in the seventh century with the #GodsandKings trilogy. Before Coelwulf, the Kingdom of Mercia laid claim to another warrior king, this is Penda's story. books2read.com/PaganWarrior #PaganWarrior #PaganKing #WarriorKing #SeventhCentury #HistoricalFiction

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Mercia: Exploring the Heartland of Saxon England and Its Lasting Influence

Mercia: Exploring the Heartland of Saxon England and Its Lasting Influence #TalesOfMercia #Penda #Coelwulf #Æthelflæd #Leofwine #histfic #nonfiction #royalwomen

Having written more books than I probably should about the Saxon kingdom of Mercia, and with more planned, I’ve somewhat belatedly realised I’ve never explained what Mercia actually was. I’m going to correct that now. Having grown up within the ancient kingdom of Mercia, still referenced today in such titles as the West Mercia Police, I feel I’ve always been aware of the heritage of the Midlands…

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#TheLastViking available now Return to the world of #Coelwulf and his warriors. books2read.com/The-Last-Viking #histfic #NewRelease #TalesOfMercia

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#TheLastKing is 4 years old.

#TheLastKing is 4 years old #bookbirthday #TheLastViking #histfic

If you’ve been with Coelwulf, Rudolf, Icel, Edmund and Pybba since the beginning, then you’re probably with me in trying to work out how 4 years have gone by since the release of the first book. There are now eight (well really nine and a half, as book 9 is written but not yet released, and book 10 is well underway) books in all, as well as a short story collection, Coelwulf’s Company. If you’ve…

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#TheLastViking available now Return to the world of #Coelwulf and his warriors. books2read.com/The-Last-Viking #histfic #NewRelease #TalesOfMercia

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#TheLastViking available now Return to the world of #Coelwulf and his warriors. books2read.com/The-Last-Viking #histfic #NewRelease #TalesOfMercia