Michael Livingston
@michaellivingston.com
Conflict Analyst | Novelist | Professor | Talking Head | Opinions my own | rep’d by Georgina Capel
Livingstans are streaming TODAY with @michaellivingston.com to hype The Ark & the Empire. Join us! 1pm Central on @malkiertalks.com ✨ youtube.com/live/IqoW4Dl...
Livingstans ARK & EMPIRE Hype Stream with Dr Michael Livingston
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Time to get back to our Livingstans book club. We are going to have a SPOILER FREE chat with @michaellivingston.com to discuss all the things you need to know ahead of reading The Ark & the Empire. Join us on @malkiertalks.com THIS SATURDAY August 1st, 2 pm Eastern. youtube.com/live/IqoW4Dl...
Livingstans ARK & EMPIRE Hype Stream with Dr Michael Livingston
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'Wonderfully imaginative and beautifully told' Bernard Cornwell #TheSpearAndTheStorm by @michaellivingston.com reveals the hidden celestial conflict behind the Roman Empire we think we know. Out now: https://geni.us/9Wayhqn
August 11. Smithsonian Associates. You. Me. Joan. Tickets: smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr...
Pre-orders for the paperback of THE TWO HUNDRED YEARS WAR are 25% off (!!!) for the next few days at Waterstones with code ‘SUMMER26’ #WPreorder 😎
Visited Chalke Valley History Festival today. Always terrific. Great conversation with Dan Jones, lots of books signed, and look at that great crowd!
This spring I had the chance to go to Normandy and follow in the footsteps of the men who were tasked with opening Dog-1 on Omaha Beach — the landing dramatized in Saving Private Ryan. The truth was far more incredible and moving than a movie ever could be. Out now on History Hit
Nice get to find the original covers! These are now being re-released with new titles, and there’s also a novella out there, too! (The novella is included as an appendix to the new book 1.)
Dr Craig Buchanan FSAScot@buchanan.today · 2mo agoOne great @michaellivingston.com book down, and two more eagerly anticipated. The only mistake I made with this series was buying a p/b copy of volume one in case it didn’t grab me. Oh, but it grabbed me! #BookSky
DID YOU KNOW that it's new episode Wednesday??? this week we have the amazing @michaellivingston.com on to talk about what we get wrong about the 100 (200?) Years War and why it's more important to "get it right" than to "be right" Enjoy! #medievalsky podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The 100 (200?) Years War with Michael Livingston
Podcast Episode · American Medieval · June 3 · 51m
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This was a thoroughly enjoyable conversation! Have a listen!
American Medieval Podcast@americanmedieval.bsky.social · 2mo agoDID YOU KNOW that it's new episode Wednesday??? this week we have the amazing @michaellivingston.com on to talk about what we get wrong about the 100 (200?) Years War and why it's more important to "get it right" than to "be right" Enjoy! #medievalsky podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
As calendars turn to a lovely (I hope!) summer, it seemed a good time to update folks on what I’ve been up to, what I’ve got coming up, and where you can find me over the next few months. www.michaellivingston.com/summer-2026-...
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That was Félix, which is a great spot for cocktails downtown (and also has a very good burger). Belmont is another great cocktail joint. For wine, go to Vintage. 🍻
@willries27.bsky.social · 2mo ago@michaellivingston.com listened to your Q&A episode and you and Kelly mentioned a bar in Charleston. My family and I are taking a vacation there in July and my wife and I get a kid free date night. Any suggestions?
An excellent question! Well put it in the hopper for our Q&As! 🏹⚔️
@willries27.bsky.social · 3mo ago@michaellivingston.com maybe too late for the next Q&A, but are there any specific battles/conflicts that you wish you had more information. For example 7th or 8th century Anglo-Saxon conflicts where the only info is something like "the King of Northumbria was killed"
Well, I finished @michaellivingston.com’ “The Ark and the Empire,” and all I can say is that all three volumes of the series are now on order in h/b editions. A great read, the p/b version of which will be gifted to a likely friend in the coming days. #BookSky
Thrilled that my latest documentary for History Hit dropped today. On this third episode of Rebels, it’s Simon de Montfort!
Settling to a pot of tea, and the next couple of chapters in @michaellivingston.com’s “The Ark and the Empire” - a great read thus far. #BookSky
At the Society for Military History, @bretdevereaux.bsky.social wins the unofficial prize for the single best slide of the conference for this depiction of a zombie Roman soldier. 👍👍
Thrilled to be attending the Society for Military History meeting this weekend. Many good friends to see. Many great talks to hear.
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a bulletin board with the words pov history nerd written on it .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a bulletin board with the words pov history nerd written on it .
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I recently to spent a week walking Omaha Beach, shooting a documentary about D-Day. Humbling. Gratifying. Heartbreaking.
I’m open to seeing what the full publication presents as evidence, and I’ll be happy to be wrong if the facts dictate it … but what has been put forward so far doesn’t work on some VERY basic levels and is wildly out of touch with the state of the field.
Toby Venables@tobyvenables.bsky.social · 5mo ago@michaellivingston.com I’m sure you’ve seen this but I would love to know your thoughts… theconversation.com/is-the-bigge...
For days I’ve been getting requests for comment about this theory. Like Marc, I’ve been putting them off until I see the details. But I’ll say he does a *great* job laying out some of the most basic problems here. (There are more, as Marc knows, but these already put holes below waterline.)
Marc Morris@marcmorris.bsky.social · 5mo agoDid King Harold Really Sail to the Battle of Hastings? I'm not convinced... www.marcmorris.org.uk/2026/03/did-...
Livingstans assemble! Join our Stormborn Q&A with @michaellivingston.com this Saturday on @malkiertalks.com YouTube channel. youtube.com/live/95hNI-O...
Livingstans STORMBORN Q&A with Dr Michael Livingston
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Pleased and grateful to see BLOODY CROWNS/200 YEARS WAR reviewed alongside Sumption’s final volume in the Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
‘Triumph and Illusion’ and ‘Bloody Crowns’: Prolonging a Pivotal War
Plus “Bloody Crowns” by Michael Livingston.
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right. one of the best things I have read recently is @michaellivingston.com’s Bloody Crowns, where he argues that our concept of the 116 year span of the Hundred Years War is a 19thc invention and proposes a 200 year frame that makes the conflict make a LOT more sense to me.
🐔 Brian Bucklew 🐔 ₑͤ＞∿＜ₑͤ ∞🌮@unormal.bsky.social · 6mo agoimo ahistory IS the human synthesis of history, machines literallty can't do it
Historical Fiction is such delightful fun! Cleopatra and Company didn’t do any of the things I had them do in my Shards books … we think. :)
Toby Venables@tobyvenables.bsky.social · 6mo agoPS What I am doing with this research is historical fiction, so where a historian might have to say ‘probably’ I’m like ‘yeah, that’s definitely going in…’
Out now, a wee article related to my new history of the Hundred Years War, outlining some of the ways it Europeans to the New World. aspectsofhistory.com/the-two-hund...
