Max Adams (Author of The King in the North)

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I am an archaeologist, woodsman and traveller. I live in the North-east of England where I write about landscape and history. My next non-fiction work, to be published in Autumn 2017, is called Alfred's Britain - a history and archaeology of the British Isles in the Viking Age. The King in the North has been a non-fiction bestseller since its publication. In the Land of Giants, my latest non-fiction book, is a series of journeys, mostly on foot, through Dark Age landscapes.

In May 2016 I published my first novel, The Ambulist.
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Saw King in the North in Seahouses tourist info shop in the summer and the reference to Cadwallon caught my eye (I also like Welsh history), really brought the period to life. Now reading in the land of giants, learnt what a 'lee shore' is! Have you got to Bradwell yet? very special place. you might find Afordir Cymru on S4C interesting - available on S4C catchup (with subs) focuses on placenames along Llyn coast

Max Adams Hi Colin,
thanks for your question. No, I still haven't made it to Bradwell: I'm deep into a portrait of Britain in the Viking Age, due out next year, 鈥辞谤别Hi Colin,
thanks for your question. No, I still haven't made it to Bradwell: I'm deep into a portrait of Britain in the Viking Age, due out next year, and it's swallowed much of my travel time this year. Thanks for that tip on Afordir Cymru; I dare say I'll find I got a few things wrong! (less)

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I am reading Land of Giants and in referring to Notes and their page references, I am finding no connection. It is driving me nuts. I.e. Notes page 39 explains Light +raDar. does it refer to first graph on that page somehow? Others are even more oblique if not totally impossible. I have walked many of your paths over my 78 years and this book is riveting. Your explanation is appreciated to increase my enjoyment.

Max Adams Dear Chris, I am sorry that you are confused, but it's easily solved. The note numbers are not page references, but endnotes, referring to numbered no鈥辞谤别Dear Chris, I am sorry that you are confused, but it's easily solved. The note numbers are not page references, but endnotes, referring to numbered notes in the text. So, when you see a note number in the text - page 142 for example (of the paperback), you will find mention of LiDAR, and a superscript number 39; the note of what it means is on p.437 (note 39). I hope that explains. In retrospect, we should have provided an index; that's my fault: I just wanted it to be read as a complete flow. But anyway, I'm glad you enjoyed it.(less)

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	The King in the North: The Life and Times of Oswald of Northumbria 3.78 avg rating — 949 ratings — published 2005 — 12 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 First Kingdom: Britain in the Age of Arthur 3.76 avg rating — 600 ratings — published 2021 — 7 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
	In the Land of Giants: A Journey Through the Dark Ages 3.74 avg rating — 540 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
	脝lfred鈥檚 Britain: War and Peace in the Viking Age 3.71 avg rating — 540 ratings — published 2017 — 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
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The Ambulist

My debut novel, a literary thriller called The Ambulist, has just been released by Beat&track - my own publishing enterprise. It's a limited edition, and if readers buy it from my own website , they get a signed and numbered copy; it's also out on Kindle on Amazon.

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“One might just as well try to reconstruct the idea of a tree from its leaves, or an ocean wave from a dripping tap. So much is lost; truth is a chimera.”
― Max Adams, The First Kingdom: Britain in the Age of Arthur

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“More exotic still was Wulfstan's account of travels in the eastern Baltic and along the River Vistula; of a land of honey and plentiful fishing, of the habits of foreign kings and their burial rites and inheritance practices. In a time of war the Angelcynn were, at heart, still curious about the world beyond their shores.”
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“Through and beyond the period of Roman domination, vessels plied Atlantic waters. By the end of the seventh century bulk trade of minerals and grain, the sort of interaction we would recognise as maritime trade, was a thing of the long distant past.”
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