David Pilling
@robeh1979.bsky.social
Writer of historical fiction and nonfiction. As historians will tell you, I am more of a storyteller than a historian.
Below are links to my stuff:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0086PTSCW
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0086PTSCW
Below are links to my stuff:
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0086PTSCW
https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B0086PTSCW
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David Pilling
@robeh1979.bsky.social
· May 23
I recently asked for feedback on sample covers for my next historical novel. After some disastrous AI-heavy efforts, I have decided to go with this one. It's very striking, imo, and captures the 'feel' I was looking for.
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Historical Fiction Spotlight: Outlaw Knight (Book One): Crusade, NEW from David Pilling tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/09/hist... @robeh1979.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch
September 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Historical Fiction Spotlight: Outlaw Knight (Book One): Crusade, NEW from David Pilling tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/09/hist... @robeh1979.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch
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Historical Fiction Spotlight: Outlaw Knight (Book One): Crusade, by David Pilling tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/09/hist... @robeh1979.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #booklaunch
September 2, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Historical Fiction Spotlight: Outlaw Knight (Book One): Crusade, by David Pilling tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/09/hist... @robeh1979.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #booklaunch
The Wars of the Roses Part One: The Rise of York. First of an epic six-part podcast series I did recently with Derek Birks, hosted by Oliver Webb-Carter at Aspects of History. Great fun!
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aspectsofhistory.com/podcasts/epi...
Episode 231 - Aspects of History
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August 10, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The Wars of the Roses Part One: The Rise of York. First of an epic six-part podcast series I did recently with Derek Birks, hosted by Oliver Webb-Carter at Aspects of History. Great fun!
aspectsofhistory.com/podcasts/epi...
aspectsofhistory.com/podcasts/epi...
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The latest episode of A Slice of Medieval is now live.
@derekbirks.bsky.social and I have a fascinating chat with @robeh1979.bsky.social about the Royal House of Wales of Llywelyn ap Iorweth, better known as Llewelyn Fawr, or Llywelyn the Great
#medieval @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
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@derekbirks.bsky.social and I have a fascinating chat with @robeh1979.bsky.social about the Royal House of Wales of Llywelyn ap Iorweth, better known as Llewelyn Fawr, or Llywelyn the Great
#medieval @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
bit.ly/4lTLisf
The Royal House of Wales | A Slice of Medieval #72
Historian, Sharon Bennett Connolly and historical author, Derek Birks are joined by historian and writer, David Pilling, to discuss the the Royal House of Wales.
Music by Adriel Fair licensed from E
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July 31, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The latest episode of A Slice of Medieval is now live.
@derekbirks.bsky.social and I have a fascinating chat with @robeh1979.bsky.social about the Royal House of Wales of Llywelyn ap Iorweth, better known as Llewelyn Fawr, or Llywelyn the Great
#medieval @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
bit.ly/4lTLisf
@derekbirks.bsky.social and I have a fascinating chat with @robeh1979.bsky.social about the Royal House of Wales of Llywelyn ap Iorweth, better known as Llewelyn Fawr, or Llywelyn the Great
#medieval @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
bit.ly/4lTLisf
'A strong and myghty feeld' - my account of the battle of Northampton, fought #OTD in 1460. Treachery ruled the day! As usual.
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A strong and myghty feeld
#OTD in 1460 the battle of Northampton was fought, resulting in a Yorkist victory and the capture of Henry VI.
angevindevil.substack.com
July 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
'A strong and myghty feeld' - my account of the battle of Northampton, fought #OTD in 1460. Treachery ruled the day! As usual.
angevindevil.substack.com/p/a-strong-a...
angevindevil.substack.com/p/a-strong-a...
"Edward was big, strong and vicious, and so naturally did quite well."
- my potted biography of Edward IV, last-but-one of the Plantagenet kings.
angevindevil.substack.com/p/edward-of-...
- my potted biography of Edward IV, last-but-one of the Plantagenet kings.
angevindevil.substack.com/p/edward-of-...
Edward of Rouen
Onto Edward IV, my last-but-one biography of the Plantagenet kings.
angevindevil.substack.com
July 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
"Edward was big, strong and vicious, and so naturally did quite well."
- my potted biography of Edward IV, last-but-one of the Plantagenet kings.
angevindevil.substack.com/p/edward-of-...
- my potted biography of Edward IV, last-but-one of the Plantagenet kings.
angevindevil.substack.com/p/edward-of-...
My recent interview on Aspects of History, in which I chat about my latest novel, the Hundred Years War, and future plans.
aspectsofhistory.com/author_inter...
aspectsofhistory.com/author_inter...
David Pilling on The Wolf Cub - Aspects of History
David Pilling on The Wolf Cub. The medieval historian talks about the latest book in his new series, exploring the real history
aspectsofhistory.com
June 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
My recent interview on Aspects of History, in which I chat about my latest novel, the Hundred Years War, and future plans.
aspectsofhistory.com/author_inter...
aspectsofhistory.com/author_inter...
Interesting mix on the bookshelf. Could get a little confusing.
June 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Interesting mix on the bookshelf. Could get a little confusing.
Impregnable castles: the next chapter of my free online book on the early wars of Edward I. This focuses on the epic siege of Kenilworth in 1266, and the establishment of a new rebel headquarters on the Isle of Ely.
medievalrealms.substack.com/p/impregnabl...
medievalrealms.substack.com/p/impregnabl...
Impregnable castles
In the high summer of 1266, royalist forces started to converge on Kenilworth.
medievalrealms.substack.com
May 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Impregnable castles: the next chapter of my free online book on the early wars of Edward I. This focuses on the epic siege of Kenilworth in 1266, and the establishment of a new rebel headquarters on the Isle of Ely.
medievalrealms.substack.com/p/impregnabl...
medievalrealms.substack.com/p/impregnabl...
I recently asked for feedback on sample covers for my next historical novel. After some disastrous AI-heavy efforts, I have decided to go with this one. It's very striking, imo, and captures the 'feel' I was looking for.
May 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
I recently asked for feedback on sample covers for my next historical novel. After some disastrous AI-heavy efforts, I have decided to go with this one. It's very striking, imo, and captures the 'feel' I was looking for.
Harry the Fift: the next in my series of mini-bios of the Plantagenet kings.
This was a difficult one - I am no expert on Henry, and it is difficult to navigate all the contending opinions on him.
Still, I've had a go, and here it is:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
This was a difficult one - I am no expert on Henry, and it is difficult to navigate all the contending opinions on him.
Still, I've had a go, and here it is:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Harry the Fift
Onto the next Plantagenet.
substack.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Harry the Fift: the next in my series of mini-bios of the Plantagenet kings.
This was a difficult one - I am no expert on Henry, and it is difficult to navigate all the contending opinions on him.
Still, I've had a go, and here it is:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
This was a difficult one - I am no expert on Henry, and it is difficult to navigate all the contending opinions on him.
Still, I've had a go, and here it is:
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Walking the Waves. In which Theodore Laskaris escapes from prison, his brother Constantine refuses to become emperor, and Constantinople falls to the West.
byzantine5.substack.com/p/walking-th...
byzantine5.substack.com/p/walking-th...
Walking the Waves
In September 1203 Theodore Laskaris escaped from prison.
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May 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Walking the Waves. In which Theodore Laskaris escapes from prison, his brother Constantine refuses to become emperor, and Constantinople falls to the West.
byzantine5.substack.com/p/walking-th...
byzantine5.substack.com/p/walking-th...
Abomination. An account of the short and shameful reign of Alexios IV, and the desperate efforts of Theodore Laskaris to defend Constantinople.
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substack.com/home/post/p-...
Abomination
In May 1203 a fugitive Byzantine prince, Alexios Angelos, joined the army of the Fourth Crusade at Corfu.
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May 19, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Abomination. An account of the short and shameful reign of Alexios IV, and the desperate efforts of Theodore Laskaris to defend Constantinople.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Lest I forget: here are my pics of one of the Viking graffiti/runic scriptures at Hagia Sophia. The name HALFDAN is apparently legible, or even 'HALFDAN WAS HERE' or similar.
May 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Lest I forget: here are my pics of one of the Viking graffiti/runic scriptures at Hagia Sophia. The name HALFDAN is apparently legible, or even 'HALFDAN WAS HERE' or similar.
Richard of Bordeaux: #8 in my potted biographies of the Plantagenet rulers of England.
I had to do some boning up for this one, because for some reason I tend to neglect Richard. All mistakes, misinterpretations and omissions are my own, probably.
angevindevil.substack.com/p/richard-of...
I had to do some boning up for this one, because for some reason I tend to neglect Richard. All mistakes, misinterpretations and omissions are my own, probably.
angevindevil.substack.com/p/richard-of...
Richard of Bordeaux
Onto Richard II, #8 in my series of Plantagenet mini-biographies.
angevindevil.substack.com
April 9, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Richard of Bordeaux: #8 in my potted biographies of the Plantagenet rulers of England.
I had to do some boning up for this one, because for some reason I tend to neglect Richard. All mistakes, misinterpretations and omissions are my own, probably.
angevindevil.substack.com/p/richard-of...
I had to do some boning up for this one, because for some reason I tend to neglect Richard. All mistakes, misinterpretations and omissions are my own, probably.
angevindevil.substack.com/p/richard-of...
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A Slice of Medieval #64 ~ Edward IV, with Sharon Bennett Connolly and Derek Birks soundcloud.com/user-1425259... @thehistorybits.bsky.social @derekbirks.bsky.social #medieval #podcast
April 9, 2025 at 9:50 AM
A Slice of Medieval #64 ~ Edward IV, with Sharon Bennett Connolly and Derek Birks soundcloud.com/user-1425259... @thehistorybits.bsky.social @derekbirks.bsky.social #medieval #podcast
John the Good: my piece on the astonishing reign of John II Komnenos, who died on this day in 1143 from an infected hunting wound.
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John the Good
Today marks the death of John II Komnenos in 1143, killed in a hunting accident in Cilicia, near the fortress of Anazarbus.
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April 8, 2025 at 2:08 PM
John the Good: my piece on the astonishing reign of John II Komnenos, who died on this day in 1143 from an infected hunting wound.
byzantine5.substack.com/p/john-the-g...
byzantine5.substack.com/p/john-the-g...
In April 1199 Richard the Lionheart died of a botched attempt to remove a crossbow bolt from his shoulder. Below is a short piece on his illegitimate son, the intriguing Philip of Cognac.
angevindevil.substack.com/p/the-lions-...
angevindevil.substack.com/p/the-lions-...
The Lion's Cub
In April 1199 Richard the Lionheart died outside the walls of Châlus castle in France, from a botched operation to remove a crossbow bolt from his shoulder.
angevindevil.substack.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
In April 1199 Richard the Lionheart died of a botched attempt to remove a crossbow bolt from his shoulder. Below is a short piece on his illegitimate son, the intriguing Philip of Cognac.
angevindevil.substack.com/p/the-lions-...
angevindevil.substack.com/p/the-lions-...
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Book Launch Spotlight: Kingbreaker (III): The Red Rose, by David Pilling ~ tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/04/book... @robeh1979.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch
April 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Book Launch Spotlight: Kingbreaker (III): The Red Rose, by David Pilling ~ tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/04/book... @robeh1979.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch
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Jasper Tudor flees to Brittany with his nephew, Henry Tudor. Discover how they change British history – and become... the Tudors.
mybook.to/JasperBook2
#Tudors #HistoricalFiction
mybook.to/JasperBook2
#Tudors #HistoricalFiction
April 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Jasper Tudor flees to Brittany with his nephew, Henry Tudor. Discover how they change British history – and become... the Tudors.
mybook.to/JasperBook2
#Tudors #HistoricalFiction
mybook.to/JasperBook2
#Tudors #HistoricalFiction
Rule like a mobster: my piece on the treatment of Elizabeth Comyn by Edward II and the Despensers.
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Royal tyranny
#OTD in 1325 Elizabeth Comyn was granted permission by Edward II to give her lands to his favourites, principally Hugh Despenser the Younger.
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April 6, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Rule like a mobster: my piece on the treatment of Elizabeth Comyn by Edward II and the Despensers.
substack.com/home/post/p-...
substack.com/home/post/p-...
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Drake – Tudor Corsair: “I was totally immersed in this world of barques, caravels and galleons as they sailed the Spanish Main and other faraway places.” Only 99p Kindle limited time deal
🇺🇸 www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCTYQF4
🇬🇧 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FCTYQF4
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
🇺🇸 www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCTYQF4
🇬🇧 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FCTYQF4
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
April 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Drake – Tudor Corsair: “I was totally immersed in this world of barques, caravels and galleons as they sailed the Spanish Main and other faraway places.” Only 99p Kindle limited time deal
🇺🇸 www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCTYQF4
🇬🇧 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FCTYQF4
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
🇺🇸 www.amazon.com/dp/B08FCTYQF4
🇬🇧 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08FCTYQF4
#Elizabethan #Tudors #HistoricalFiction
Reposted by David Pilling
Book Launch Spotlight: Kingbreaker (III): The Red Rose, by David Pilling tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/04/book... @robeh1979.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch
April 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Book Launch Spotlight: Kingbreaker (III): The Red Rose, by David Pilling tonyriches.blogspot.com/2025/04/book... @robeh1979.bsky.social #HistoricalFiction #BookLaunch
A stormy council at Devizes in 1282, and how the 'red earl' made a mess of things in Wales.
historystuff.substack.com/p/the-red-earl
historystuff.substack.com/p/the-red-earl
The red earl
#OTD in 1282 Edward I summoned a military council to Devizes in Wiltshire to plan the campaign in Wales.
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April 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A stormy council at Devizes in 1282, and how the 'red earl' made a mess of things in Wales.
historystuff.substack.com/p/the-red-earl
historystuff.substack.com/p/the-red-earl
The banners of the king: my piece on Henry III's victory at the battle of Northampton, fought in April 1264.
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The banners of the king
In early April 1264 Henry III declared war on Simon de Montfort.
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April 4, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The banners of the king: my piece on Henry III's victory at the battle of Northampton, fought in April 1264.
angevindevil.substack.com/p/the-banner...
angevindevil.substack.com/p/the-banner...