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Mark Turnbull Author

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Mark Turnbull Author

@1642Author

Fascinated by British Civil Wars since age 10. Historian. FRHistS - @RoyalHistSoc. 📚 Biographies: Charles I, Prince Rupert 🎬Podcast: 'CavalierCast'

County Durham, England

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Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Mar 7
'Charles I's Private Life' - signed copies available from my website: 1642author.com "wonderful new insight into one of England's most tragic monarchs" "truly brings history to life" "a graceful read and broken into easily digestible shorter chapters"
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Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Feb 18, 2023
So very excited to have been commissioned by @penswordbooks to write a biography of Prince Rupert of the Rhine! 'King Charles I's Cavalier Commander' #CavalierCommander 🥷Now to gallop off & raid archives up and down the country!
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Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Jun 13, 2023
👑'Charles I's Private Life' - New Biography👑 Since I became hooked on the civil wars & Charles I at the age of 10, I've wanted to write a non-fiction. In just🔟weeks it will be released! Thanks @penswordbooks for this stunning cover Pre-order available: buff.ly/43E6eKo
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Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Apr 6, 2025
📚Beyond excited to present 'Prince Rupert of the Rhine' which is now available for pre-order! Delving into 2⃣4⃣ archives has unearthed so many treasures, especially about the key women in his life. 👑Pre-order: tinyurl.com/5b6d8axt @PSHistory @AspectsHistory @RoyalStuartSoc
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Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Mar 7, 2023
The tomb of Sir John Oglander (1585-1655) - a royalist who wrote journal entries in his own blood when the topic was something he felt deeply about. Church of St Mary, Brading, Isle Of Wight.
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Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Mar 5, 2023
A hidden #Durham gem - Bishop Cosin's library. Built 1667-69. The images of famous authors on the bookcases denote where their works are shelved.
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Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Oct 23, 2022
⚔️#OTD 1642, Battle of Edgehill, #Warwickshire. 30,000 troops fight the first pitched battle of the civil war. King Charles tells his troops: 'come life or death your king will bear you company and ever keep this place, this days service in his grateful remembrances'. 1/3
Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Nov 27, 2022
#HistoryWritersDay22 Yesterday I handed in references for a biography of King Charles I, my foray into non-fiction @penswordbooks will publish in 2023! To stay up to date with publication news & sneak previews of research, you can join my mailing list tinyurl.com/4823jtzs
Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Oct 25, 2023
⚔️#OTD 1642, Aftermath - Battle of Edgehill. Sir Gervase Scrope is found alive with 16 wounds, having been stripped and left for dead after the battle, 2 days earlier. The cold had stemmed blood loss.
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Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Jul 21, 2024
A Stuart family album of miniatures. King James VI/I, Queen Anna, Prince Henry, Prince Charles, Frederick - Elector Palatine, Princess Elizabeth. For all their love of art, there is no surviving portrait of the family together.
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Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Mar 1, 2021
🛡🏺MUSEUM MONDAY🏺🛡 The Royal Armoury, Stockholm. King Gustavus Adolphus' buff coat with detail of the bullet hole which killed him at the Battle of Lutzen, 1632.
Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Jan 2, 2023
A painting of James VII/II looking a lot like his cousin Rupert. Edinburgh Castle 🏰
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Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Oct 8, 2023
🌟Prize Draw🌟 King Charles liked a bit of a gamble - mostly on tennis match outcomes! You can win a hardback (UK address) or e-book of 'Charles I's Private Life' - just share this tweet to enter. buff.ly/43E6eKo @PSHistory @AspectsHistory
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Mark Turnbull Author
@1642Author
Mar 6, 2021
📅#OTD 1642, Elizabeth of Bohemia writes about Henrietta Maria's arrival in Holland. She notes that a baggage ship sank with holy objects & the clothes of the Queen's ladies. In 2014, items from the wreck were found. Dr Nadine Akkerman discovered Elizabeth's reference to them.