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Michael lives in Hampshire with his wife and children. His childhood holidays were spent visiting castles and battlefields, but his fascination with the civil wars was piqued partly by the fact that his hometown and region of Hampshire are steeped in Civil War history.

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	Traitor's Blood (Civil War Chronicles, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 565 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Devil's Charge (Civil War Chronicles #2) 4.19 avg rating — 281 ratings — published 2011 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunter's Rage (Civil War Chronicles, #3) 4.28 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Assassin's Reign (Civil War Chronicles #4) 4.23 avg rating — 196 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Warlord's Gold (Civil War Chronicles, #5) 4.24 avg rating — 177 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marston Moor (Civil War Chronicles, #6) 4.29 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Highwayman Ironside 4.07 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stryker and the Angels of Death 4.10 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Highwayman: Winter Swarm 3.97 avg rating — 75 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prince's Gambit: Major Stryker and the Relief of Newark 4.35 avg rating — 65 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Highwayman Audiobooks

Hullo. Been a while, hasn't it? Sorry.

Since Marston Moor came out, I have been working on Stryker 7, done a bit of ghost-writing for someone else, and recorded the audiobook version of Highwayman: Ironside.

Stryker 7 is nearly done, which will be a relief!

But I wanted to tell everyone about the audiobook. I've narrated and produced it myself, in my shed, which has been a bit of a challenge to say t Read more of this blog post »

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Civil War Chronicles (8 books)
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Michael Arnold and 7 other people liked Kate O'Shea's review of The Savage Isle (The Savage Isle #1): "This was an extremely engaging novel set in the late Iron Age at a time when the Catuvellauni tribe were the main conquerors of the Britons. Julius Caesar had been and gone but now new emperor, Claudius, is becoming ambitious. As other lands fall at " Read more of this review »
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Michael Arnold answered Michelle's question: Is there any chance that you will be offering a kindle version of your Civil War series for U.S. readers? Hi. Ah, I see you reposted the question. So, yes, you're in the US. Great. There were US kindle versions.... now there aren't.... but hopefully we will rectify that very soon. I will announce on all the socials when we get this sorted. Many thanks. See Full Answer
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Michael Arnold liked Kate Hardy's review of The Savage Isle (The Savage Isle #1): "Thoroughly enjoyable coming of age tale about Cullen, a young lad who looks after the goats until a rival tribe sacks his village and captures him. He makes friends and enemies among the Catuvellauni, and we see him undergo his warrior's training, tr" Read more of this review »
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Michael Arnold liked Peter Evans's review of The Savage Isle (The Savage Isle, #1): "42AD, Britannia. The tribes of this savage island are at war with each other. In a land of kings and druids, the conflict is at its breaking point between the two tribes of the Catuvellauni and the Atrebates. One particular boy called Cullen is suffer" Read more of this review »
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The book that started it all.
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“The Devil can cite Scripture for his purpose, Sergeant,’ Anthony Payne replied. ‘That is from The Merchant of Venice, but it holds great truth.”
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“retorted. ‘For we fight to liberate our liege lord from the influences currently clouding his judgement.’ He paused. ‘Do we not?’ ‘Aye . . . we do,’ the villager replied. The officer, seemingly satisfied with Archer’s display of loyalty, reached out to the left and handed his helmet to one of the two trumpeters that rode with”
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