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Helen Carr

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Times and Sunday Times best-selling author Medieval Historian Mother of Doggos SCEPTRED ISLE: A NEW HISTORY OF THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY OUT MAY 2025 (Hutchinson Heinemann, Penguin Random House)

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Feb 20

Happy Publication Day to me! 🎉😱🥹🧿

Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History is officially out!

It’s a history of the region through objects found in an ancient museum in Princess Ennigaldi-Nanna’s palace, and I hope you all like it 💛 lnk.to/BetweenTwoRi...

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Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Feb 20

Thank you!

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Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · Feb 3

advance copies have arrived and if it looks like i’m trying to hug it, that’s because i am 🥹

Selfie of a smiling woman holding a shiny book entitled Between Two Rivers. The bottom half of the book cover is slightly obscured by her hand. She wears a dark grey sweatshirt

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · Feb 8

This looks super!

Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Feb 8

Join us in Cambridge in April, the Magnificent Five! Booking soon essential as the event will be a sell out.

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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · Feb 10

Book now: Medieval Historians in Conversation

Caroline Burt & Richard Partington (@camhistory.bsky.social) with authors Dan Jones, Helen Castor & @helencarr.bsky.social, on recent books, writing history & all things medieval.

📅 5 April
🕒4 - 5:30pm
🏢 Mill Lane Site, Pembroke College
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Special event Medieval Historians in Conversation on 5 April 2025 with Dr Caroline Burt & Richard Partington, Dan Jones, Helen Castor and Helen Carr.

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Mathew Lyons @mathewlyons.bsky.social · Feb 10

New on The Writer’s Bookshelf: eight questions about writers, books and reading with medieval historian @helencarr.bsky.social. mathewlyons/p/the-writers-bookshelf-helen-carr?r=210m2m&utm_medium=ios

The writer's bookshelf: Helen Carr

Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…

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Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Feb 8

Join us in Cambridge in April, the Magnificent Five! Booking soon essential as the event will be a sell out.

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Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Feb 6

Good morning, friends! My first paid subscriber post is up and it is a deep, personal dive into my reasons for being a historian. I will be announcing my first monthly lecture for subscribers today so please consider joining up.
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Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Feb 6

Lots! The border is a big focus

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Kitteh Is Not Amused 🍀☮🤘💖🕗🕕🕓🕖 @kimberleelynn.bsky.social · Feb 6

I just finished reading @helencarr.bsky.social 's book on John of Gaunt -- a favorite historical character of mine. Thank you for this excellent book! I greatly enjoyed it.

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Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Feb 4

En route to Edinburgh to meet wonderful Scottish booksellers and talk about why Scotland is such a prominent part of my new book, Sceptred Isle.

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Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Feb 2

❤️❤️❤️❤️

Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Feb 2

Brand new post up on Substack! All free for now but I am working on some content for paid subscribers, including a monthly seminar and a writers hour when I will be available to help you with your ideas.
Do check out my page and consider subscribing
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Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Feb 2

Thank you!!

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Estelle Paranque @estelleprnq.bsky.social · Jan 31

This beauty has arrived safely.
I can’t wait to dive into it.

@helencarr.bsky.social you are an inspiration!

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NTreadwell @ntreadwell.bsky.social · Feb 2

Another example of how the study of history illuminates our lives and helps us navigate the present.

Brilliant piece by @helencarr.bsky.social

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Apocalypse, Now?

Doom has always been impending, just ask our fourteenth century ancestors.

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Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Jan 28

I have joined Substack! This will be my crucible going forward so please do follow me here for medieval musings.

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I am never on time for anything but...

It turns out the Middle Ages are So Hot Right Now.

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Hallie Rubenhold @hallierubenhold.bsky.social · Jan 27

My takeaway from this is that we have failed to teach history properly and we’ve failed to impress upon young people what the realities of authoritarian governance are for ordinary people. We’ve failed to convey that history is absolutely relevant to now.

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Jack El-Hai @jackelhai.bsky.social · Jan 27

"A thrilling narrative account of a century of revolution, shifting power and great change."

Today's forthcoming-book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @helencarr.bsky.social!

Subscribe to Damn History: buff.ly/3CqxZ0z

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Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Jan 25

🥰🥰🥰

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Seb Falk @sebfalk.com · Jan 25

Very excited to receive my advance copy of @helencarr.bsky.social's forthcoming "Sceptred Isle"! It's out on 29 May.

Book: Sceptred Isle: a new history of the fourteenth century by Helen Carr

Back of book. Details here: https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/447718/sceptred-isle-by-carr-helen/9781529151657

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Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Jan 21

Thank you so much! I hope you enjoy it

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Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Jan 21

BIG NEWS, BIG REVEAL!
One of the Sunday Times top 40 books of 2025, out May 29 but you can pre-order now! I cannot wait to share this book with you all

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Bill Richards @brichards54.bsky.social · Jan 16

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A great read on a cool January afternoon.

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Helen Carr @helencarr.bsky.social · Dec 26

So much to look forward to in 2025!