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Annie Whitehead
@anniehistory.bsky.social
Author, Historian, FRHistS, HWA, SoA. Winner HWA/Dorothy Dunnett Soc. Comp, Judge HWA Nonfiction Crowns & HNS story Comp
http://anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk
anniewhitehead2.blogspot.co.uk
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I'll be deactivating my account on here soon and won't be posting/reposting.
If you wish to contact me you can find me on FB: www.facebook.com/anniewhitehe...
on X/Twitter: x.com/AnnieWHistory
Or through my website:
anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 10:05 AM
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Wonderful, amazing news about Annie Whitehead's review of BBC TV's King & Conqueror!
It's now been viewed over 20,000 times!
No, that's not a typo.
Read it at review at historiamag.com/review-king-conqueror
Thank you *so* much, @anniehistory.bsky.social!
September 9, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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I enjoyed listening to @anniehistory.bsky.social especially the bit about the Queen of Mercia, the only one to have her own coin coinage:
youtube.com/watch?v=qYB6... #history #strongwomen #coins
The Rise And Fall Of Mercia. With Annie Whitehead
youtube.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Our review of BBC TV's King & Conqueror by historian Annie Whitehead:
How unhistorical was it?
And does that matter?
In this case, she says, it was "a wasted opportunity".
Read Annie's review at historiamag.com/review-king-conqueror
@anniehistory.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I was asked to write a blog post about the murderous goings on in Anglo-Saxon England:
www.amberley-books.com/blog/2025/08...
August 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
King & Conqueror, the BBC’s new series telling “the epic story of 1066 and the brutal battle for a kingdom”, began on BBC One on Sunday, 24 August, 2025. I reviewed the first episode for @historicalwriters
historiamag.com/review-king-...
August 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Whoever sent me a message here today, pls know that BlueSky will only let me see messages if I allow a face scan (I don't have a webcam) or I give them my credit card details (which I'm not prepared to do).
If it's a genuine message & you need to get in touch, please do so via the link in my bio.
August 24, 2025 at 6:37 PM
📚 Just recorded a chat with @wellthatagedwell.bsky.social

We dived deep into the world of historical reading habits.
We explored how historical dramas spark curiosity and lead to fact-checking rabbit holes. And all because we played 'Never have I ever...'
Full episode coming soon!
August 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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1342 - winding the leash of a hawk for hunting: it was ‘wrapped around his little finger’ and then placed ‘under the thumb’. Two sayings we still use today.
getbook.at/MistressManor
August 2, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Vieles im Leben lässt sich planen – nur die Liebe nicht …
Mallorca-Liebe Teil 1-9

amazon.de/dp/B08R374Q7...
August 1, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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"Great descriptive writing, great characters, more battle scenes than 300, and swift, captivating twists and turns make this an edgy, engaging read!"

Start the award-winning series with a FREE book!
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Read STAGE 3 today!
The end begins here...

Also on #audiobook

#zombie #horror
August 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
It's #August, or in Old English, Weod-mōnaþ "Plant month". Today is also Lammas Day (Old English hlaf-mas, "loaf-mass").
Here's my monthly blog post with some more August-related facts, and a murder or two...
anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com/2025/07/mont...
Monthly Blog Post - August
August in Old English was  Weod-mōnaþ  (Plant month). Bede, writing in the eighth century, said it was so called because this is the month w...
anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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“Excellent book! From start to finish, an action-packed, yet at times deeply moving tale of survival in a world torn apart by chaos.”

Start the award-winning Stage 3 series with a FREE book!
shorturl.at/paLcT

Read STAGE 3
The end begins here...

Also on #Audible

#horror #zombie #audiobook
July 31, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Was thrilled to be sent a photo of this piece in the Tamworth Herald 😊
(But, m'lud, in my defence I didn't accuse Athelstan of having anything to do with his father's death. I plead guilty to the other charge of suggested fratricide though 😂)
July 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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TWICE A BROKEN BREATH 🌆 🚖

She stole his world. He's got 24 hours to get it back.

"Liam plunges into a crazy world, facing violence, desperation and the irony of profound kindness – all against a backcloth of incessant hammering rain…" ⏱ 💦

mybook.to/TwiceBroken 📕

#KU#Booksky#suspense
July 31, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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Those wild, ravenous things aren't the only monsters in this new world of the damned.

Stage 3: Alpha
viewbook.at/stage3alpha

FREE on Kindle Unlimited

Also on #audiobook

#zombie #TheWalkingDead #suspense #thriller #audiobooks #Stage3series #zombies #zombies #horror #audible
July 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Two of 8 #Viking 'ring-money' silver arm-rings found at Kirk o' Banks, Caithness, dating c. AD 1000.

Ring-money = silver penannular ‘currency’ rings of Hiberno-Scand / Baltic origins, the Scotto-Scand version of which first appeared in a datable context in Orkney's Skaill hoard, deposited c.960-80.
July 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Missing the heat of the UK Summer - then read this Award Winning Thriller set in one hot Summer in Cold War Portugal when politics is lost in vendetta

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July 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
#OTD 796 Offa of Mercia died. He's the gift that keeps on giving! He was charged with a spot of murder, argued with Charlemagne, and his wife had coins minted in her own name.
I've written about this power couple a lot, with a different angle each time:
viewauthor.at/Annie-Whiteh...
July 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Gegen Langeweile in den Sommerferien. Kinderbücher von Annette Paul!

#lesen #lesenmitkindern #bücher #kinderbücher
July 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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"A rip-roaring, flesh-tearing, #zombie apocalypse series”

Start the award-winning STAGE 3 series with a FREE book!
shorturl.at/paLcT

STAGE 3...
The end begins here

Also on #audiobook

#Free #audible #mustread #thriller #TheWalkingDead #stage3series #suspense #Zombie #audiobooks
July 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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Thank you to all who purchased
getbook.at/MistressManor
Thanks for all the RTs, /shares, too.
Now the sequel is available for preorder
July 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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A pulse-pounding, post-apocalyptic #zombie series that will keep you pumped up until the very last page.

Bite into the award-winning Stage 3 series!
viewbook.at/stage3series

All #FREE on #kindleunlimited

Also on #audible

#horror #suspense #audiobook #zombies #apocalypse #zombie #audiobooks
July 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
'The raiding army became much stirred up against the bishop, because he did not want to offer them any money... They pelted him there with bones and the heads of cattle.' Murder in Anglo-Saxon England, available in hardback and e-book: mybook.to/MIASE
July 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM