Annie Whitehead
@anniehistory.bsky.social
Author, Historian, FRHistS, HWA, SoA. Winner HWA/Dorothy Dunnett Soc. Comp, Judge HWA Nonfiction Crowns & HNS story Comp
http://anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk
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If you wish to contact me you can find me on FB: www.facebook.com/anniewhitehe...
on X/Twitter: x.com/AnnieWHistory
on Instagram www.instagram.com/anniewhitehe...
Or through my website:
anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
This account is no longer active and I'll no longer be posting/reposting.
If you wish to contact me you can find me on FB: www.facebook.com/anniewhitehe...
on X/Twitter: x.com/AnnieWHistory
on Instagram www.instagram.com/anniewhitehe...
Or through my website:
anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk
If you wish to contact me you can find me on FB: www.facebook.com/anniewhitehe...
on X/Twitter: x.com/AnnieWHistory
on Instagram www.instagram.com/anniewhitehe...
Or through my website:
anniewhiteheadauthor.co.uk
I was asked to write a blog post about the murderous goings on in Anglo-Saxon England:
www.amberley-books.com/blog/2025/08...
www.amberley-books.com/blog/2025/08...
August 27, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I was asked to write a blog post about the murderous goings on in Anglo-Saxon England:
www.amberley-books.com/blog/2025/08...
www.amberley-books.com/blog/2025/08...
King & Conqueror, the BBC’s new series telling “the epic story of 1066 and the brutal battle for a kingdom”, began on BBC One on Sunday, 24 August, 2025. I reviewed the first episode for @historicalwriters
historiamag.com/review-king-...
historiamag.com/review-king-...
August 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
King & Conqueror, the BBC’s new series telling “the epic story of 1066 and the brutal battle for a kingdom”, began on BBC One on Sunday, 24 August, 2025. I reviewed the first episode for @historicalwriters
historiamag.com/review-king-...
historiamag.com/review-king-...
📚 Just recorded a chat with @wellthatagedwell.bsky.social
We dived deep into the world of historical reading habits.
We explored how historical dramas spark curiosity and lead to fact-checking rabbit holes. And all because we played 'Never have I ever...'
Full episode coming soon!
We dived deep into the world of historical reading habits.
We explored how historical dramas spark curiosity and lead to fact-checking rabbit holes. And all because we played 'Never have I ever...'
Full episode coming soon!
August 2, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📚 Just recorded a chat with @wellthatagedwell.bsky.social
We dived deep into the world of historical reading habits.
We explored how historical dramas spark curiosity and lead to fact-checking rabbit holes. And all because we played 'Never have I ever...'
Full episode coming soon!
We dived deep into the world of historical reading habits.
We explored how historical dramas spark curiosity and lead to fact-checking rabbit holes. And all because we played 'Never have I ever...'
Full episode coming soon!
Was thrilled to be sent a photo of this piece in the Tamworth Herald 😊
(But, m'lud, in my defence I didn't accuse Athelstan of having anything to do with his father's death. I plead guilty to the other charge of suggested fratricide though 😂)
(But, m'lud, in my defence I didn't accuse Athelstan of having anything to do with his father's death. I plead guilty to the other charge of suggested fratricide though 😂)
July 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Was thrilled to be sent a photo of this piece in the Tamworth Herald 😊
(But, m'lud, in my defence I didn't accuse Athelstan of having anything to do with his father's death. I plead guilty to the other charge of suggested fratricide though 😂)
(But, m'lud, in my defence I didn't accuse Athelstan of having anything to do with his father's death. I plead guilty to the other charge of suggested fratricide though 😂)
#OTD 796 Offa of Mercia died. He's the gift that keeps on giving! He was charged with a spot of murder, argued with Charlemagne, and his wife had coins minted in her own name.
I've written about this power couple a lot, with a different angle each time:
viewauthor.at/Annie-Whiteh...
I've written about this power couple a lot, with a different angle each time:
viewauthor.at/Annie-Whiteh...
July 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#OTD 796 Offa of Mercia died. He's the gift that keeps on giving! He was charged with a spot of murder, argued with Charlemagne, and his wife had coins minted in her own name.
I've written about this power couple a lot, with a different angle each time:
viewauthor.at/Annie-Whiteh...
I've written about this power couple a lot, with a different angle each time:
viewauthor.at/Annie-Whiteh...
'The raiding army became much stirred up against the bishop, because he did not want to offer them any money... They pelted him there with bones and the heads of cattle.' Murder in Anglo-Saxon England, available in hardback and e-book: mybook.to/MIASE
July 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
'The raiding army became much stirred up against the bishop, because he did not want to offer them any money... They pelted him there with bones and the heads of cattle.' Murder in Anglo-Saxon England, available in hardback and e-book: mybook.to/MIASE
New blog post coming next week. Meanwhile you can find loads of articles about the Anglo-Saxon era:
anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com
anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com
July 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
New blog post coming next week. Meanwhile you can find loads of articles about the Anglo-Saxon era:
anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com
anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com
Just finished recording an interview with Jason Kingsley - I was a little bit star struck! I'll share when it goes live but in the meantime check out his Youtube channel:
youtube.com/@ModernKnight
youtube.com/@ModernKnight
July 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Just finished recording an interview with Jason Kingsley - I was a little bit star struck! I'll share when it goes live but in the meantime check out his Youtube channel:
youtube.com/@ModernKnight
youtube.com/@ModernKnight
I was talking about this strange story just a couple of days ago at Tamworth...
#OTD feast day of the saintly brothers Wulfad and Ruffin of Stone, supposedly murdered by their father, Wulfhere of Mercia, except I argue it's not true:
mybook.to/MIASE
#OTD feast day of the saintly brothers Wulfad and Ruffin of Stone, supposedly murdered by their father, Wulfhere of Mercia, except I argue it's not true:
mybook.to/MIASE
July 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
I was talking about this strange story just a couple of days ago at Tamworth...
#OTD feast day of the saintly brothers Wulfad and Ruffin of Stone, supposedly murdered by their father, Wulfhere of Mercia, except I argue it's not true:
mybook.to/MIASE
#OTD feast day of the saintly brothers Wulfad and Ruffin of Stone, supposedly murdered by their father, Wulfhere of Mercia, except I argue it's not true:
mybook.to/MIASE
Oswulf became king of Northumbria in a rare instance of son succeeding father, but he was killed #OTD 759, apparently by his own household.
Read about these troubled times:
mybook.to/MIASE
Read about these troubled times:
mybook.to/MIASE
July 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Oswulf became king of Northumbria in a rare instance of son succeeding father, but he was killed #OTD 759, apparently by his own household.
Read about these troubled times:
mybook.to/MIASE
Read about these troubled times:
mybook.to/MIASE
I so enjoyed last night's talk at St Editha's in Tamworth. I received such a warm welcome and the audience were an absolute delight. I even got a goodie bag 😊I found one of my books in Tamworth library too!
July 23, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I so enjoyed last night's talk at St Editha's in Tamworth. I received such a warm welcome and the audience were an absolute delight. I even got a goodie bag 😊I found one of my books in Tamworth library too!
Today! Tuesday 22nd July 7.30pm
Join me if you can 😊
Join me if you can 😊
July 22, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Today! Tuesday 22nd July 7.30pm
Join me if you can 😊
Join me if you can 😊
Tomorrow! Join me if you can 😊
July 21, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Tomorrow! Join me if you can 😊
#OTD 20 July the Church remembers Ealhswith, Mercian wife of Alfred the Great & mother of Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians.
She features in my novel about her daughter & in my history of Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England
mybook.to/To-Be-A-Queen
mybook.to/WomeninPower
🧵1/2
She features in my novel about her daughter & in my history of Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England
mybook.to/To-Be-A-Queen
mybook.to/WomeninPower
🧵1/2
July 20, 2025 at 9:38 AM
#OTD 20 July the Church remembers Ealhswith, Mercian wife of Alfred the Great & mother of Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians.
She features in my novel about her daughter & in my history of Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England
mybook.to/To-Be-A-Queen
mybook.to/WomeninPower
🧵1/2
She features in my novel about her daughter & in my history of Women of Power in Anglo-Saxon England
mybook.to/To-Be-A-Queen
mybook.to/WomeninPower
🧵1/2
"Ms Whitehead knows her stuff." (Historical Novel Society). Tales of Anglo-Saxon folk in novels, short stories, and nonfiction:
viewauthor.at/Annie-Whiteh...
viewauthor.at/Annie-Whiteh...
July 19, 2025 at 9:25 AM
"Ms Whitehead knows her stuff." (Historical Novel Society). Tales of Anglo-Saxon folk in novels, short stories, and nonfiction:
viewauthor.at/Annie-Whiteh...
viewauthor.at/Annie-Whiteh...
#OTD the feast day of St Eadburh of Bicester, reputed to be the daughter of Penda of Mercia. She's in my book Women of Power and she features as a child in Cometh the Hour and as an abbess in The Sins of the Father:
viewauthor.at/Annie-Whiteh...
viewauthor.at/Annie-Whiteh...
July 18, 2025 at 8:47 AM
#OTD the feast day of St Eadburh of Bicester, reputed to be the daughter of Penda of Mercia. She's in my book Women of Power and she features as a child in Cometh the Hour and as an abbess in The Sins of the Father:
viewauthor.at/Annie-Whiteh...
viewauthor.at/Annie-Whiteh...
#OTD 17th July St Kenelm's day. One of my favourite stories is the supposed arranged murder of Kenelm by his sister. The story has the well-used trope of eyeballs falling out as punishment for wickedness.
mybook.to/MIASE
mybook.to/MIASE
July 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
#OTD 17th July St Kenelm's day. One of my favourite stories is the supposed arranged murder of Kenelm by his sister. The story has the well-used trope of eyeballs falling out as punishment for wickedness.
mybook.to/MIASE
mybook.to/MIASE
#OTD 924 Edward the Elder died. Son of Alfred the Great, he had at least 14 children by 3 wives. You can read about them in my book: mybook.to/WomeninPower
He also plays a prominent role in my novel about his sister, Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercians:
mybook.to/To-Be-A-Queen
He also plays a prominent role in my novel about his sister, Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercians:
mybook.to/To-Be-A-Queen
July 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#OTD 924 Edward the Elder died. Son of Alfred the Great, he had at least 14 children by 3 wives. You can read about them in my book: mybook.to/WomeninPower
He also plays a prominent role in my novel about his sister, Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercians:
mybook.to/To-Be-A-Queen
He also plays a prominent role in my novel about his sister, Æthelflæd Lady of the Mercians:
mybook.to/To-Be-A-Queen
Lots and lots of articles about Anglo-Saxon England on my blog: anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Lots and lots of articles about Anglo-Saxon England on my blog: anniewhitehead2.blogspot.com
Murder stories analysed, and a few accusations of my own thrown in... mybook.to/MIASE
July 15, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Murder stories analysed, and a few accusations of my own thrown in... mybook.to/MIASE
Just over a week to go! Delighted to be able to say I'll be returning to Tamworth this summer as part of the Castle's Athelstan 1100 week. My talk's at St Editha's, B79 7DA
July 14, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Just over a week to go! Delighted to be able to say I'll be returning to Tamworth this summer as part of the Castle's Athelstan 1100 week. My talk's at St Editha's, B79 7DA
#OTD 13 July feast of St Mildrith, a woman with both Kentish and Mercian blood. One of the first abbesses at Minster-in-Thanet, she once had to escape from a hot oven...
Read about her in mybook.to/WomeninPower
And she also features as a young child in mybook.to/TSOF
Read about her in mybook.to/WomeninPower
And she also features as a young child in mybook.to/TSOF
July 13, 2025 at 4:48 PM
#OTD 13 July feast of St Mildrith, a woman with both Kentish and Mercian blood. One of the first abbesses at Minster-in-Thanet, she once had to escape from a hot oven...
Read about her in mybook.to/WomeninPower
And she also features as a young child in mybook.to/TSOF
Read about her in mybook.to/WomeninPower
And she also features as a young child in mybook.to/TSOF
Had a lovely hotel room last night - seemingly the only one with a balcony. I sat and read @historia-hwa.bsky.social Nonfiction Crown Award entries for hours but had to keep looking up...
July 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Had a lovely hotel room last night - seemingly the only one with a balcony. I sat and read @historia-hwa.bsky.social Nonfiction Crown Award entries for hours but had to keep looking up...
Today I'm the guest of @alisonmorton.bsky.social
talking about the ideas behind my story for our new anthology, and it takes in a bit of personal family history, too
alisonmortonauthor.com/2025/07/10/t...
#FateStories
talking about the ideas behind my story for our new anthology, and it takes in a bit of personal family history, too
alisonmortonauthor.com/2025/07/10/t...
#FateStories
July 10, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Today I'm the guest of @alisonmorton.bsky.social
talking about the ideas behind my story for our new anthology, and it takes in a bit of personal family history, too
alisonmortonauthor.com/2025/07/10/t...
#FateStories
talking about the ideas behind my story for our new anthology, and it takes in a bit of personal family history, too
alisonmortonauthor.com/2025/07/10/t...
#FateStories