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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · 3h

I hope that wasn’t me! Haha

C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · 2d

Neuroscience is uncovering the addition that’s making the world turn: revenge. Science, it appears, is catching up to one of the central themes of my novels.

www.yahoo.com/news/study-p...

The World’s Deadliest Addiction Is Popping Up on Brain Scans. And It’s Not Even a Drug.

There’s a reason our culture is so obsessed with revenge, and it starts in the brain.

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · 7d

Big discount to celebrate 1 year since the release of my Fur Trade novel The Road to Malheur: www.audiobooks.com/promotions/p...

#booksky #writingcommunity #fiction

70% OFF The Road to Malheur: A Story of the American Fur Trade

From bestselling and award-winning author C. J. Adrien comes a tale of hardship, friendship, and love on the American Frontier. In the bustling frontier town of St. Louis, New Yorker Christian drea...

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · 10d

Hard to say, but maybe. Good thinking there. If memory serves, the study authors didn’t bring it up.

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · 11d

Saw the “Viking” show at le Puy du Fou. It’s anachronistic, cheesy, utterly wrong….but fun as hell! Haha 😂

#travel #medievalsky #vikingsky #writingcommunity

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · 12d

My book fair tour in France has been getting some quality attention 🥳

www.ouest-france.fr/pays-de-la-l...

#writingcommunity #booksky #author #vikingsky

Son best-seller aux États-Unis a fait escale au château de La Flocellière à Sèvremont

C’est à l’occasion du salon du livre, qui a eu lieu le 27 septembre au château de La Flocellière, que l’écrivain franco-américain a présenté la saga du chef viking Hasting. Rencontre.

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · 13d

This is my life now. Driving through France and stopping at anything that looks remotely medieval to learn all about it. I’m in heaven!

#history #medievalsky #france #travel #writingcommunity

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · 14d

Sorry about the first one. There was a silly mistake in the last one that I had to remove. Thanks for reposting 🙏

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · 14d

Visited the Viking ship Olaf D’Olonne, built in France, today. What a treat!

#travel #vikingsky #medievalsky #writingcommunity

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · 15d

This was an amazing find in the small town of La Flocellière: a church dating from 1090, before the first crusade! How cool!

#travel #medievalsky #travelsky #france

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · 16d

The Nantes Cathedral finally opened again after five years!

#medievalsky #travel #writingcommunity

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · 18d

Book fair at the Chateau de la Flocellière today. Beautiful site!

#writingcommunity #medievalsky #booksky #travel

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · 21d

Ignore the ladies in the back.

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · Sep 16

I was on the radio again 😊 what fun!

novmaradio.fr/podcasts/les...

#writingcommunity #vikingsky

Christophe Adrien et les Vikings au salon du livre de Noirmoutier

Ce week-end aura lieu le treizième Salon du Livre de Noirmoutier, avec l’association Her de Fêtes. Plus de quarante participants, dont 13 nouveaux venus, seront...

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Medievalist.net @medievalists.bsky.social · Sep 16

The French History Podcast: The Flower of Chivalry with @cjadrien.bsky.social www.thefrenchhistorypodcast.com/the-flower-o... #chivalry

The Flower of Chivalry with C.J. Adrien

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · Sep 13

A “traditional Scandinavian wood working atelier” of all things. So if learning how to carve wood like a 19th century Scandinavian woodworker is your thing, that’s your spot!

C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · Sep 13

Attended a book fair at the Domaine de Roiffé today.

#writingcommunity #booksky

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · Sep 12

How are Viking longships made? Here’s the story of The Valkyrie:

open.substack.com/pub/vikingol...

#medievalsky #vikingsky #medievalist #history #podcast

"Valkyrie" sets sail!

Watch now | Our long-awaited chat with the captain of a modern viking ship

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · Sep 9

L’exemption de péage de Pépin en 826 et ce qu’elle peut nous dire sur l’activité viking durant une décennie « silencieuse ».

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#medievalsky #vikingsky #histoire #france

L’exemption de péage de Pépin en 826 et ce qu’elle peut nous dire sur l’activité viking durant une décennie « silencieuse ».

Plongée dans les invasions vikings de la France de l’Ouest — Épisode 3

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · Sep 8

This is when the Viking invasions in France started to accelerate:

www.cjadrien.com/p/the-first-...

#medievalsky #history #vikingsky #medievalists #france #writingcommunity

The First Domino: The Fall of Noirmoutier to the Vikings

A Deep Dive into the Viking Invasions of Western France — Episode 5

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · Sep 8

🔥 Une saga viking pas comme les autres 🔥
Écrite par C.J. Adrien, auteur franco-américain originaire de Noirmoutier, cette série mêle rigueur historique et récit épique.
👉 www.amazon.fr/dp/B0FPG1DT9X 👈

#medievalsky #booksky #france #vikingsky

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · Sep 3

Haha nice, thanks 🙏

C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · Sep 2

And @shieldmaidenpdx.bsky.social and @vikingologypodcast.bsky.social

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · Sep 2

Erh-hem…sniff, sniff…wink, wink…

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C.J. Adrien @cjadrien.bsky.social · Sep 1

Last week, we looked at Pépin I’s toll exemption of 826 in response to growing pressure from Viking activity along the Loire. This week, we move forward just a few years to 830, when a monastery tried something...radical.

www.cjadrien.com/p/how-a-mona...

#medievalsky #history #medievalists

How a Monastery Became a Fortress in the Face of Viking Raids.

A Deep Dive into the Viking Invasions of Western France — Episode 4

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