Skye Smith is my pen name. My ancestors were miners and shepherds near Castleton in the Peaks District of Derbyshire. I have been told by some readers that this series reminds them of Bernard Cornwell’s historical novels, and have always been delighted by the comparison.
This is the seventh of my Hoodsman series of books, and you should read the first “Killing Kings” before you read this book. All of the books contain two timelines linked by characters and places. The “current” story is set in the era of King Henry I in the 1100’s, while the longer “flashback” story is set in the era of King William I after 1066.
I have self-published twelve "The Hoodsman ..." books and they are:
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William I Timeline
. . . . . . . . . . . . Henry I Timeline
1. Killing Kings
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1066 killing
King Harald of Norway (Battle of Stamford Bridge)
. . . . . . . . . . . . 1100 killing King William II of England.
Henry claims the throne.
2. Hunting Kings
. . . . . . . . . .
. . . 1066 hunting the Conqueror (Battle of Hastings Road)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1100 hunting Henry I (Coronation
Charter)
3. Frisians of the Fens
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1067/68 rebellions. Edgar Aetheling flees
north with Margaret.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1100 amnesty and peace. Henry recruits
English bowmen.
4. Saving Princesses
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1068/69 rebellions. Margaret weds
Scotland (Battle of Durham)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1100/01 Edith of Scotland weds Henry
(Battle of Alton)
5. Blackstone Edge
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1069/70 rebellions (The Harrowing of the
North)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101 peace while the economy is saved
from the bankers
6. Ely Wakes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1070/71 Frisian rebellion (Battles of Ely
and Cassel)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1101 Henry collects allies. Mary of
Scotland weds Boulogne.
7. Courtesans and Exiles
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1072/74 English lords flee abroad (Battle
of Montreuil, Edgar surrenders)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1102 Henry collects allies (the Honor of
Boulogne)
8. The Revolt of the Earls
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1075/76 Earls revolt (Battles of
Worchester and Fagaduna)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1102 Earls revolt (Battles of Arundel,
Bridgnorth, Shropshire)
9. Forest Law
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1076/79 fighting Normans in France
(London Burned, Battle of Gerberoi)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1103 fighting Normans in Cornwall (Battle
of Tamara Sound)
10. Queens and Widows
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1079/81 rebellions (Gateshead, Judith of
Lens)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1103 Edith made Regent (Force 5
Hurricane)
11. Popes and Emperors
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1081 Normans slaughter English exiles
(Battle of Dyrrhachium)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1104 Henry visits Normandy (Duchy run by
warlords)
12. The Second Invasion
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1082/85 power vacuum, peaceful anarchy
(Regent Odo arrested enroute to Rome)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1085/87 Re-invasion and Harrowing of all
England (Battle of Mantes, Conqueror dies)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1104/05 Henry invades Normandy twice
(Battle of Tinchebray)
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