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Dan Jones is a medieval historian, author and award winning journalist. His latest book The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses and the Rise of the Tudors is published by Faber and Faber and is out 4th September 2014.  What is an historian? Researcher, thinker, writer, storyteller, author, TV presenter, radio voice, lecturer, journalist, talking head. Tweeter. Truth-teller. Social …

More Than a King and a Car Park: The Supporting Cast of Fifteenth Century Leicestershire. As one of our most beloved playwrights tells us, “All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players.” A fair commentary indeed; I am sure most of us would agree, and I am even more sure that when we think of …