Grassington Devonshire Institute
An Evening with Dan Jones
Tue 06 Sept
|The Octagon, Grassington
We are delighted to be welcoming Dan Jones to Grassington to discuss his latest book, Essex Dogs. Having written international best-sellers, Dan has a wealth of knowledge on all matters historical. He has presented many TV series, including Secrets of Great British Castles.
06 Sept 2022, 20:00 BST
The Octagon, Grassington, Town Hall, 48A Main St, Grassington, Skipton BD23 5AA, UK
Globally bestselling historian Dan Jones is the author of ten non-fiction books, including The Plantagets, The Templars, The Colour of Time and Powers and Thrones. Essex Dogs is his historical fiction debut, the explosive first instalment in an epic new trilogy set during the Hundred Years War.
July 1346. The Hundred Years' War has begun, and King Edward and his lords are on the march through France.
But this war belongs to the men on the ground. Swept up in the bloody chaos, a tight-knit company from Essex must stay alive long enough to see their home again. With sword, axe and longbow, the Essex Dogs will fight, from the landing beaches of Normandy to the bloodsoaked field of Crecy.
There's Pismire, small enough to infiltrate enemy camps. Scotsman, strong enough to tear down a wall. Millstone, a stonemason who'll do anything to protect his men.
Father, a priest turned…