Dedskull
Will be published approx. on 28. August 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
488 pages
978-1-83574-483-3 (ISBN)
Description
Is Britain the most doom-ridden it's ever been? It may feel that way. But it's a tie.
Between famine and plague, revolt and reinvention, Dedskull is a collection of interlinked short tales set in Northamptonshire between 1315 and 1348, each following the elusive soldier, Dedskull, as he drifts through moments of crisis, bearing witness to how ordinary people respond when survival is at stake.
Drawing on real events and legends, the stories explore brutal winters, social unrest, economic experiments, environmental destruction, and the first stirrings of the modern world. Dedskull is sometimes saviour, sometimes judge, sometimes merely observer, tipping the balance between disaster and survival... or not.
Between famine and plague, revolt and reinvention, Dedskull is a collection of interlinked short tales set in Northamptonshire between 1315 and 1348, each following the elusive soldier, Dedskull, as he drifts through moments of crisis, bearing witness to how ordinary people respond when survival is at stake.
Drawing on real events and legends, the stories explore brutal winters, social unrest, economic experiments, environmental destruction, and the first stirrings of the modern world. Dedskull is sometimes saviour, sometimes judge, sometimes merely observer, tipping the balance between disaster and survival... or not.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Kibworth
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-83574-483-3 (9781835744833)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Howard Taylor has spent his working life as an engineer, from building oil refineries in the Kazakh steppe to motorways on the Canadian coast. He then went on to earn his PHD. Outside of work, Howard describes himself as an 'amateur historian', obsessed with the East Midlands, where he grew up. He now lives on the edge of London with his wife and young son.