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Helen Carr
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Times and Sunday Times best-selling author
Medieval Historian
Mother of Doggos
SCEPTRED ISLE: A NEW HISTORY OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY OUT MAY 2025 (Hutchinson Heinemann, Penguin Random House)

Join us in Cambridge in April, the Magnificent Five! Booking soon essential as the event will be a sell out.
February 8, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Good morning, friends! My first paid subscriber post is up and it is a deep, personal dive into my reasons for being a historian. I will be announcing my first monthly lecture for subscribers today so please consider joining up.
open.substack.com/pub/helencar...
February 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Brand new post up on Substack! All free for now but I am working on some content for paid subscribers, including a monthly seminar and a writers hour when I will be available to help you with your ideas.
Do check out my page and consider subscribing
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February 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
BIG NEWS, BIG REVEAL!
One of the Sunday Times top 40 books of 2025, out May 29 but you can pre-order now! I cannot wait to share this book with you all
January 21, 2025 at 9:22 PM
So much to look forward to in 2025!
December 26, 2024 at 11:00 AM
One of Edward II's first acts as king was to elevate Piers Gaveston (a simple knight) to earl, a title usually reserved for royalty. I think he considered Piers his brother, family member and equal and this charter demonstrates as much.
November 15, 2024 at 6:07 PM