14th Century… The Flemish Revolt: Pierce Egan’s “Quintin Matsys” (1838) 28 Dec 2018 By Stephen Basdeo Pierce Egan the Younger (1814–80) is one of my most favourite Victorian authors. The son of the more famous Regency journalist and writer, Pierce Egan (1772–1849), he…
1381… Available for preorder: “The Life and Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler” (2018) 14 Jul 201730 May 2018 My book entitled The Life and Legend of a Rebel Leader: Wat Tyler (Pen & Sword, 2018) is now available to preorder on Amazon and Waterstones's website. Follow the Amazon…
14th Century… Wat Tyler: 18th- & 19th-Century Literary Afterlives 30 Jun 201630 Jun 2016 “When Adam delved and Eve span, who then was the gentleman?” - John Ball, Radical Preacher, 14th Century Late fourteenth-century England had its fair share of problems: socio-economic tensions had…
