Charles Cordell's Blog

Newfoundland cod, first Atlantic triangular trade, pirates and slaves.

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Harvest, the Little Ice Age, war, biodynamics and farming today.

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The 'hungry month', campaigning armies, taxation and St Swithin.

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Bonfires, rush bearing, Battle of the Dunes, Dunkirk and D-Day.

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Devizes in Civil War fiction - author talk

Devizes Arts Festival - historical fiction author talk 'Devizes in Civil War fiction'. Charles Cordell will be talking about writing historical fiction and Divided Kingdom book #2 – The Keys of Hell and Death.

Cordell will describe the background to his books and why the English Civil War hung in the balance at the 1643 Siege of Devizes. Q&A and a book signing will follow the talk.

Divided Kingdom - English Civil War historical fiction series

Charles Cordell is the author of English Civil War historical fiction series Divided Kingdom. His writing has received praise and editorial reviews from The Times. The likes of Ben Kane (bestselling author), David Gilman (award winning author), Professor Ronald Hutton CBE (TV historian) and others have given their endorsements.

Divided Kingdom book #2 – The Keys of Hell and Death - follows the Western campaign of 1643. The story opens with the brutal Battle of Lansdown Hill.

Its characters - ordinary men and women - face each other and the terrible reality of war. They must survive the Siege of Devizes, the Battle of Roundway Down and the ferocious 1643 Storming of Bristol.

Devizes Arts Festival - historical fiction author talk

To join this Devizes Arts Festival author talk please do check details on the Devizes Arts Festival events page. You can book places online and/or visit the festival ticket office in person at Devizes Books. If you can, come along and join the debate.

If you can’t make this event, copies of Charles Cordell’s books are available from Waterstones, Foyles and good independent bookshops, including Devizes Books. They are also available online from Amazon, Bookshop.org and Booktopia.

Please do check out the book pages for reviews and links at Charles Cordell Books. You can also loan copies from UK libraries, including Devizes Library.

As well as this author talk, Charles Cordell will also be leading the Devizes Arts Festival 2025 festival walk. The walk will explore the often-forgotten Siege of Devizes 1643 and why the English Civil War hung in the balance on the bed cords of Devizes.

Whitsuntide, church wakes, wickedness and Leveller slaves.

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17th Century Almanac for April - hierarchy, social order & change.

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Open fields & acre strips - enclosure & Agricultural Revolution.

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Amazon #1 in Renaissance Historical Fiction in the USA!

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Huge thanks to Miranda Malins for her fantastic book review.

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