Author: Jack
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Thoughts on Paris
Atrocity. Civil war. Growing up in a world filled with horrors we cannot imagine. Living with no hope of a better future. These things break […]
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SIEGE now available in US!
My first novel, SIEGE, is now available for download in the US. For those on this side of the pond who haven’t read it, now’s […]
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Q and A with Historical Novel Society
I talk Holy War, the Lionheart, the Crusades, and the clash of religions with Richard Lee of the Historical Novel Society: http://historicalnovelsociety.org/holy-war-the-conclusion-of-the-saladin-trilogy-launches-23rd-may-author-jack-hight-talks-the-lionheart-the-crusades-and-the-clash-of-religions/
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Saladin Trilogy: Was Richard the Lionheart Really a Great King?
First, some shameless self-promotion: Holy War is out on 23 May (order your copy now!). In this, the final volume of the Saladin Trilogy, Richard […]
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Review: Life after Life by Kate Atkinson
A wonderful book that is at once deeply philosophical and thoroughly enjoyable, while bringing the first half of the 20th century to vivid life. For […]
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Syria then and Now: The Battle for Aleppo
The civil war in Syria, which began in March 2011, has now gone on for so long that it has ceased to be news. As […]
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Taking Time to Read
I love to read and have since I was a child. Â My love of books is why I became a novelist in the first place. […]
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Review: How We’d Talk if the English Had WON in 1066, by David Cowley
David Cowley’s book is an enjoyable thought experiment – a beginners guide not to Old English, but to how modern English might have looked had […]
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Saladin Trilogy: Beyond the Book #5 – Fan mail / Neo-Orientalism
One of the more surreal aspects of being a writer is receiving fan mail (or fan email, to be more precise).  It’s not something I […]
