Plenty more dog content, too.

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Recorded this month’s Q&A video at the very delightful Silverton Park Stables, which I borrowed from the Landmark Trust for the weekend.

The Landmark Trust are amazing and kind of unique - you can stay in historic buildings they have preserved, all over the UK.

In this case the historic building I called home for the weekend is the old stable block of a nineteenth-century country pile that was built on a similar scale to Petworth House, in West Sussex.

Anyway. I talk about its history in the video, as well as answering more than 60 Q&A questions - thanks to all the subscribers for submitting those.

The video cut out on me halfway through, so I’ll send another email out after this one with the second half.

The jury seems to be out on live videos, mostly because of the difficulty of finding a time that will work for both UK and US subscribers. So I definitely don’t plan to replace this monthly Q&A with a live offering, but I guess we could add live in some way or other, TBD.

November’s Q&A will therefore be business as usual. If you want to post questions, you’ll need to be a paid subscriber - click here if you want to get involved.

Thanks for all the questions!

dan

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Thanks to everyone who posted questions for this month’s Q&A! Remember, if you want to post for next month’s (when the time comes), you can subscribe here:

Apologies for the huskiness. I need to gargle a tincture.

Dan

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Book tour continues.

Here, thanks to Intelligence Squared, is the full recording of my recent event in London with Kate Williams.

We discuss Henry V and my book for an hour, after which there are a further 30m of audience questions.

There are lots more great Intelligence Squared events taking place this autumn. Here’s a link to their full programme.

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These open Q&A posts are fast becoming my favourite thing about this Substack newletter. I love the variety and occasional obscurity of the questions.

Thank you to everyone who asked something. I hope I managed to answer them to your vague satisfaction, or at least give you food for thought.

If you want to submit a question for the September Q&A, please consider becoming a paid subscriber - that’s what keeps this Substack alive.

Notes:

* Later this week I’ll post out details for an ultra limited special edition of Henry V (which will ship internationally)

* US tour dates (NYC, Austin, Miami, St Louis, LA) will be announced soon

* Links to other things I mentioned… hit me in the comments if I forgot something

* This Is History Live Show

* UK Henry V book tour dates

* Two minute history of the medieval exchequer

* My podcast This Is History

* Netherlands live talk and signing

* A book about the Tower of London menagerie (which I haven’t read)

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Here you are my lovely friends - thanks to everyone who submitted questions for this month’s mailbag. Same again in a few weeks time!

If you want to ask a question - or read every post here on History, Etc, please consider becoming a paid subscriber.

Some useful links mentioned in the video…

* Helen Castor’s new book The Eagle and the Hart is top of my summer reading pile.

* The new season of This Is History launches very soon - feat. Edward II and Piers Gaveston. I think it’s the best we’ve done so far. Special interview episode with Justine Firnhaber-Baker drops tomorrow.

* Those books on the battles of Towton and Bosworth.

* Don’t sleep on Jon Hopkins if you want a good work playlist.

* My Henry V audiobook is available to preorder.

Okay, that was fun! See you soon…

dan

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Sorry it took a while! Enjoy the show.

Dan x

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Thanks to everyone who asked questions this month - if you want to contribute to next month’s Q&A, just hit the subscribe button…

Dan x

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Thank you all for the excellent questions for this month’s video Q&A. I feel like this is all working nicely. Let’s do it again next month?

If you want to ask a question next time, just hit this button.

Details below on ordering signed books (UK only) and a forthcoming talk in the USA below.

dan x

SIGNED AND DEDICATED BOOKS ANNOUNCEMENT

I will post about this separately, but I mentioned that in the UK only you can order signed and personalised copies of any of my books, including pre-orders of Henry V, via my local Waterstones branch

To do that, email them [email protected] with your request, mailing address etc.

Please, please believe me when say that they cannot fulfil non-UK orders. I’m working on an international partner but it is a trickier logistical undertaking.

LIVE APPEARANCE IN THE USA - PLUS ONLINE ACCESS

I also mentioned a talk I am giving in Salt Lake City on May 16th this year. You can join this event in person or virtually, by clicking here. If you attend virtually and mention to the organisers that you are a Substack follower, there is a 50% discount on the joining fee.

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As promised, here is the final instalment of answers to the Q&A/ask me anything post from last week.

There were so many great questions, and another whole batch came in when I posted the first video last Friday. (You can catch up with that here.) So I hope you enjoy this second part of the episode.

Also, it seems like this video Q&A format has been successful, so from January I will make it a regular monthly feature.

The setup will be - I will send a callout for questions about a week before I record the video. Subscribers will be able to leave their questions in the comments section. I’ll send the video/s out for free to everyone though.

If you want to subscribe and make sure you can be involved in asking the questions, I’d love that for you. You can also gift subscriptions.

I haven’t put the cost of subscription up for a couple of years, and don’t intend to do so until January 2025. It’s set as low as Substack will allow - so I hope that makes it accessible to most readers/viewers.

Dan x

PS I found the book of proverbs… here’s one for you… “Where child is king and clerk is bishop, and churl is reeve, all be grieve”

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