History, Medieval, Retrospective
Stuart Gorman
The Battle of Castillon – A Reflection

Today is the anniversary of the battle of Castillion. A year ago today I submitted the final draft of my manuscript for Castillon: The Final Battle of the Hundred Years War to my editor. Now, once again on the anniversary of the battle, my book is out and I thought it would be interesting to write something about the experience of writing it. 

If I’m honest, though, I feel kind of disconnected from the book now. I finished it over a year ago, and while I’ve re-read it in that time as part of proofreading and making the final tweaks to the text, as a project it has felt finished for a long time. In the intervening time I moved to South Korea and started a new job, and I haven’t had much time to think about what that day in 1453 might mean to me still. 

The Battle of Castillon – A Reflection

Guelphs and Ghibellines

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Purgatorio: Men of Iron Volume VI by Ralph Shelton

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Purgatorio: Men of Iron Volume VI by Ralph Shelton

I’ve written so much about Richard Berg’s Men of Iron series that sometimes I fear that I will run out of things to say when the next volume comes out. I haven’t yet, though, despite writing so, so many posts on it, so maybe that means I never will. I’m not going to retread my full feelings on this system – I would point you to my big review of the Tripack + Arquebus for that – instead I want to focus on what Purgatorio, the latest entry in this venerable series, brings to the table and whether it is something fans or newbies to the system might want to check out.