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Dan Jones hosts History, Etc: The First Draft, a history show with 49 episodes published.
Here it is… the most in-depth interview I’ve done about my Essex Dogs trilogy. The brilliant Genevieve Gaunt hosted this conversation. You will be able to listen to the full interview as bonus content on the Lion Hearts
Thanks to everyone who asked questions about my new book, Lion Hearts, which is out on July 31st (and Sept 25th in the US). You’re all great. Here are the answers. As explained in the video: I thought I’d also round up e
Thanks to all the subscribers for posting questions - please join up to ask next time… also for more fun, full access to all the articles in the archive, and every new post. New book Lion Hearts is coming soon! The Essex
If you’d like to post a question next month, please subscribe! Have a great weekend… Dan x This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danjones.su
Here’s something nice for the weekend. My narration of Henry V has been shortlisted for Book of the Year (Audiobook, Non Fiction) in the British Book Awards 2025. I know many of you have listened to the book in this form
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danjones.substack.com I’m asked a lot what I’m reading, or what I’m looking forward to reading. Here is a look at my current stack. All of these books are ava
Well, I thought I would experiment with filming the monthly Q&A answers live this time. The good news is quite a few people joined and I think (hope?) enjoyed it. (The quality of the video seems to have been quite poor,
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit danjones.substack.com Thank you everyone who watched this evening’s live broadcast with Lucy Worsley. Here’s the full conversation for anyone who wants to re-
Loved the questions as always. For reasons which should become obvious I had to upload this in two parts. Hope this isn’t too annoying (for you). Part one above. Part two below. Do please subscribe if you’d like to be pa
This week Substack hosted an evening of live festive readings in Clerkenwell, London. It was very jolly to be among several hundred readers some of the best Substack writers out there, including Nick Hornby, India Knight
Plenty more dog content, too. dan This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danjones.substack.com/subscribe
Recorded this month’s Q&A video at the very delightful Silverton Park Stables, which I borrowed from the Landmark Trust for the weekend. The Landmark Trust are amazing and kind of unique - you can stay in historic buildi
Thanks to everyone who posted questions for this month’s Q&A! Remember, if you want to post for next month’s (when the time comes), you can subscribe here: Apologies for the huskiness. I need to gargle a tincture. Dan Th
Book tour continues. Here, thanks to Intelligence Squared, is the full recording of my recent event in London with Kate Williams. We discuss Henry V and my book for an hour, after which there are a further 30m of audienc
These open Q&A posts are fast becoming my favourite thing about this Substack newletter. I love the variety and occasional obscurity of the questions. Thank you to everyone who asked something. I hope I managed to answer
Here you are my lovely friends - thanks to everyone who submitted questions for this month’s mailbag. Same again in a few weeks time! If you want to ask a question - or read every post here on History, Etc, please consid
Sorry it took a while! Enjoy the show. Dan x This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit danjones.substack.com/subscribe
Thanks to everyone who asked questions this month - if you want to contribute to next month’s Q&A, just hit the subscribe button… Dan x This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or ge
Thank you all for the excellent questions for this month’s video Q&A. I feel like this is all working nicely. Let’s do it again next month? If you want to ask a question next time, just hit this button. Details below on
As promised, here is the final instalment of answers to the Q&A/ask me anything post from last week. There were so many great questions, and another whole batch came in when I posted the first video last Friday. (You can
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