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April 3, 2018

THE BURNING TIME Some more from the Introduction: Setting the scene

Of the burnings which took place in England between 1529 and 1558 by far the largest number occurred in one small area of London – the area known as (West) Smithfield. Just outside the City walls though still within its bounds, not far from Newgate prison, ten minutes’ walk from both the Guildhall and St

Reviews of The Burning Time

David Aaronovitch in The Times “This gruesomely entertaining book examines the Tudor zeal for burning people in the name of religion, says David Aaronovitch.” Steve Tomkins in The Church Times Reviews at Goodreads.com Bob Duffy in The Washington Independent Review of Books “An authoritative chronicle of the gruesome era when religious dissenters met their end at the

Crowd-funding The Burning Time

When I was working on my last book Alix and Nicky: The Passion of the Last Tsar and Tsarina, I initiated a form of “crowd-funding” to help me finish it, and was fortunate that this met with a good reception from a number of friends who, in return for a contribution of £50, received the