Matthew de Lacey
@mdlbooks.bsky.social
Author, The Voice of Kings (OUT NOW worldwide)
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Enjoy books, history, culture, social sciences and video games
Print: https://amzn.eu/d/6zSFP9I
Ebook: https://amzn.eu/d/0gXwdR0
Plus Kobo, Barnes & Noble, and others.
Enjoy books, history, culture, social sciences and video games
You know when you see another quote by an Achaemenid emperor going "by the grace of the great god Ahura Mazda, I am the great king, the King of all Kings, the king to conquer the world and be magnificent while everyone else is scum", and you think...
#historysky #ancienthistory
#historysky #ancienthistory
October 9, 2025 at 12:04 PM
You know when you see another quote by an Achaemenid emperor going "by the grace of the great god Ahura Mazda, I am the great king, the King of all Kings, the king to conquer the world and be magnificent while everyone else is scum", and you think...
#historysky #ancienthistory
#historysky #ancienthistory
An autumn treat sure to lighten the dimming days. Engross yourself in a tale of the past and future, renewal and denial, what is and what should be.
What mysticism Isaac found beneath the earth, he must understand. For better or worse, everyone will have opinions on it soon.
#booksky #fantasysky💙📚🪐
What mysticism Isaac found beneath the earth, he must understand. For better or worse, everyone will have opinions on it soon.
#booksky #fantasysky💙📚🪐
September 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
An autumn treat sure to lighten the dimming days. Engross yourself in a tale of the past and future, renewal and denial, what is and what should be.
What mysticism Isaac found beneath the earth, he must understand. For better or worse, everyone will have opinions on it soon.
#booksky #fantasysky💙📚🪐
What mysticism Isaac found beneath the earth, he must understand. For better or worse, everyone will have opinions on it soon.
#booksky #fantasysky💙📚🪐
August 5, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Early 16th century (mostly, but not completely, finished!) Tudor gatehouse, Layer Marney Tower, named after Baron Marney of Henry viii favour. England's tallest extant gatehouse, as it is so termed.
#historysky #tudor #photo
#historysky #tudor #photo
August 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Early 16th century (mostly, but not completely, finished!) Tudor gatehouse, Layer Marney Tower, named after Baron Marney of Henry viii favour. England's tallest extant gatehouse, as it is so termed.
#historysky #tudor #photo
#historysky #tudor #photo
How do you want to spend your August? Here! A fantasy exploring perception and reality, history and myth. At some time soon, distinctions will have to be made...
Isaac's curiosity may get the better of him, but he has to know. For good or ill, everyone else will too.
#booksky #fantasysky 💙📚🪐 📎⬇️
Isaac's curiosity may get the better of him, but he has to know. For good or ill, everyone else will too.
#booksky #fantasysky 💙📚🪐 📎⬇️
August 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
How do you want to spend your August? Here! A fantasy exploring perception and reality, history and myth. At some time soon, distinctions will have to be made...
Isaac's curiosity may get the better of him, but he has to know. For good or ill, everyone else will too.
#booksky #fantasysky 💙📚🪐 📎⬇️
Isaac's curiosity may get the better of him, but he has to know. For good or ill, everyone else will too.
#booksky #fantasysky 💙📚🪐 📎⬇️
July 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
End of the month! Get a new book for July.
🪐Epic fantasy
🔭Renaissance themes
👑Character-driven
🌱Nature and technology
🗡Great strife
👀How will magic reveal itself?
📚Learning vs close-mindedness
📎Links below!
#booksky #fantasysky #bookrecommendation 📚💙🪐
🪐Epic fantasy
🔭Renaissance themes
👑Character-driven
🌱Nature and technology
🗡Great strife
👀How will magic reveal itself?
📚Learning vs close-mindedness
📎Links below!
#booksky #fantasysky #bookrecommendation 📚💙🪐
June 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
End of the month! Get a new book for July.
🪐Epic fantasy
🔭Renaissance themes
👑Character-driven
🌱Nature and technology
🗡Great strife
👀How will magic reveal itself?
📚Learning vs close-mindedness
📎Links below!
#booksky #fantasysky #bookrecommendation 📚💙🪐
🪐Epic fantasy
🔭Renaissance themes
👑Character-driven
🌱Nature and technology
🗡Great strife
👀How will magic reveal itself?
📚Learning vs close-mindedness
📎Links below!
#booksky #fantasysky #bookrecommendation 📚💙🪐
See here the Mesopotamian sun god, Shamash/Utu, who also was a judge. Because the sun sees all (well, for an average of half the day).
#FolkloreSunday #ancienthistory #mesopotamia #mythology
#FolkloreSunday #ancienthistory #mesopotamia #mythology
June 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
See here the Mesopotamian sun god, Shamash/Utu, who also was a judge. Because the sun sees all (well, for an average of half the day).
#FolkloreSunday #ancienthistory #mesopotamia #mythology
#FolkloreSunday #ancienthistory #mesopotamia #mythology
Legend has it 3 prisoners were kept as slaves in Corvin Castle to dig a well, on the promise of freedom; a promise not kept when they hit water after 15 years.
15 years seems a long time to wait for water! At any rate, it certainly held its share of prisoners. #folkloresunday #historysky #gothic
15 years seems a long time to wait for water! At any rate, it certainly held its share of prisoners. #folkloresunday #historysky #gothic
May 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Legend has it 3 prisoners were kept as slaves in Corvin Castle to dig a well, on the promise of freedom; a promise not kept when they hit water after 15 years.
15 years seems a long time to wait for water! At any rate, it certainly held its share of prisoners. #folkloresunday #historysky #gothic
15 years seems a long time to wait for water! At any rate, it certainly held its share of prisoners. #folkloresunday #historysky #gothic
🪐Epic fantasy
🔭Renaissance themes
👑Character-driven
🌱Nature and technology
🗡Great strife
🔮How will magic reveal itself?
📚Learning vs close-mindedness
📎Links below!
#booksky #fantasysky 💙📚🪐
🔭Renaissance themes
👑Character-driven
🌱Nature and technology
🗡Great strife
🔮How will magic reveal itself?
📚Learning vs close-mindedness
📎Links below!
#booksky #fantasysky 💙📚🪐
May 15, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🪐Epic fantasy
🔭Renaissance themes
👑Character-driven
🌱Nature and technology
🗡Great strife
🔮How will magic reveal itself?
📚Learning vs close-mindedness
📎Links below!
#booksky #fantasysky 💙📚🪐
🔭Renaissance themes
👑Character-driven
🌱Nature and technology
🗡Great strife
🔮How will magic reveal itself?
📚Learning vs close-mindedness
📎Links below!
#booksky #fantasysky 💙📚🪐
I haven't sold a hardback this month. Interested?🤔
What the gods want of humanity is up for debate. For how long, after Isaac starts exploring his life's worth?
Get this fantasy epic today! ⬇️📎
B&N
barnesandnoble.com/w/the-voice-...
Amazon Print:
amzn.eu/d/6zSFP9I
#booksky 💙📚🪐
What the gods want of humanity is up for debate. For how long, after Isaac starts exploring his life's worth?
Get this fantasy epic today! ⬇️📎
B&N
barnesandnoble.com/w/the-voice-...
Amazon Print:
amzn.eu/d/6zSFP9I
#booksky 💙📚🪐
April 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I haven't sold a hardback this month. Interested?🤔
What the gods want of humanity is up for debate. For how long, after Isaac starts exploring his life's worth?
Get this fantasy epic today! ⬇️📎
B&N
barnesandnoble.com/w/the-voice-...
Amazon Print:
amzn.eu/d/6zSFP9I
#booksky 💙📚🪐
What the gods want of humanity is up for debate. For how long, after Isaac starts exploring his life's worth?
Get this fantasy epic today! ⬇️📎
B&N
barnesandnoble.com/w/the-voice-...
Amazon Print:
amzn.eu/d/6zSFP9I
#booksky 💙📚🪐
...of real languages to painstakingly craft names for middle earth characters, often going through multiple iterations before reaching a decision. (2/2)
#historysky #booksky 💙📚💡
#historysky #booksky 💙📚💡
April 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
...of real languages to painstakingly craft names for middle earth characters, often going through multiple iterations before reaching a decision. (2/2)
#historysky #booksky 💙📚💡
#historysky #booksky 💙📚💡
Gundulf the Grey?!
Bishop Gundulf was the architect behind the Tower of London, in its original form (he's holding the White Tower below), and Colchester Castle.
The name resemblance to Gandalf should hardly be surprising. Tolkien did draw on immense knowledge... (1/2)
#history #Tolkien #booksky
Bishop Gundulf was the architect behind the Tower of London, in its original form (he's holding the White Tower below), and Colchester Castle.
The name resemblance to Gandalf should hardly be surprising. Tolkien did draw on immense knowledge... (1/2)
#history #Tolkien #booksky
April 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I'm not even an impulse buyer, so why did I walk away from a shop I've never seen before, and I hadn't intended to go in, with this?😅
It has the fancy gold edges which look like normal pages when you bend them.
#booksky 💙📚
It has the fancy gold edges which look like normal pages when you bend them.
#booksky 💙📚
April 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm not even an impulse buyer, so why did I walk away from a shop I've never seen before, and I hadn't intended to go in, with this?😅
It has the fancy gold edges which look like normal pages when you bend them.
#booksky 💙📚
It has the fancy gold edges which look like normal pages when you bend them.
#booksky 💙📚
--Fantasy Epic--
The Voice of Kings
🔮Renaissance & tradition; magic and new thinking collide
📚Scholarship and exploration against violence and closed thinking🗡
👑Exploring obsession
🎭Deep characters
🪐Mysteries
In ebook & hardback
Links below📎⬇️
#booksky #booklinks 💙📚🪐
The Voice of Kings
🔮Renaissance & tradition; magic and new thinking collide
📚Scholarship and exploration against violence and closed thinking🗡
👑Exploring obsession
🎭Deep characters
🪐Mysteries
In ebook & hardback
Links below📎⬇️
#booksky #booklinks 💙📚🪐
April 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
--Fantasy Epic--
The Voice of Kings
🔮Renaissance & tradition; magic and new thinking collide
📚Scholarship and exploration against violence and closed thinking🗡
👑Exploring obsession
🎭Deep characters
🪐Mysteries
In ebook & hardback
Links below📎⬇️
#booksky #booklinks 💙📚🪐
The Voice of Kings
🔮Renaissance & tradition; magic and new thinking collide
📚Scholarship and exploration against violence and closed thinking🗡
👑Exploring obsession
🎭Deep characters
🪐Mysteries
In ebook & hardback
Links below📎⬇️
#booksky #booklinks 💙📚🪐
April 5, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Sold 1 of my fantasy book yesterday. Make it the start of a trend by buying 1 today.🙂
What the gods want of humanity is up for debate. For how long, after Isaac starts exploring his life's worth?🔮
Ebook
Kobo and Amazon:
mybook.to/is21
Print here:
amzn.eu/d/6zSFP9I
#booksky 💙📚🪐
What the gods want of humanity is up for debate. For how long, after Isaac starts exploring his life's worth?🔮
Ebook
Kobo and Amazon:
mybook.to/is21
Print here:
amzn.eu/d/6zSFP9I
#booksky 💙📚🪐
April 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Sold 1 of my fantasy book yesterday. Make it the start of a trend by buying 1 today.🙂
What the gods want of humanity is up for debate. For how long, after Isaac starts exploring his life's worth?🔮
Ebook
Kobo and Amazon:
mybook.to/is21
Print here:
amzn.eu/d/6zSFP9I
#booksky 💙📚🪐
What the gods want of humanity is up for debate. For how long, after Isaac starts exploring his life's worth?🔮
Ebook
Kobo and Amazon:
mybook.to/is21
Print here:
amzn.eu/d/6zSFP9I
#booksky 💙📚🪐
Can I get one more sale tonight? One more for the month? I think so!
Because you're very curious about The Voice of Kings, aren't you? For an epic adventure?😏
See below, or pinned post.📎⬇️
Kobo and Amazon ebook:
mybook.to/is21
Print:
t.co/BuLKhmtYMP
#booksky #fantasysky 💙📚🪐
Because you're very curious about The Voice of Kings, aren't you? For an epic adventure?😏
See below, or pinned post.📎⬇️
Kobo and Amazon ebook:
mybook.to/is21
Print:
t.co/BuLKhmtYMP
#booksky #fantasysky 💙📚🪐
March 31, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Can I get one more sale tonight? One more for the month? I think so!
Because you're very curious about The Voice of Kings, aren't you? For an epic adventure?😏
See below, or pinned post.📎⬇️
Kobo and Amazon ebook:
mybook.to/is21
Print:
t.co/BuLKhmtYMP
#booksky #fantasysky 💙📚🪐
Because you're very curious about The Voice of Kings, aren't you? For an epic adventure?😏
See below, or pinned post.📎⬇️
Kobo and Amazon ebook:
mybook.to/is21
Print:
t.co/BuLKhmtYMP
#booksky #fantasysky 💙📚🪐
Last day of the month!
Help me round out my sales by buying a fantasy novel steeped in renaissance thinking, learning, and chaos.
What the gods want of humanity is up for debate. For how long, after Isaac starts exploring his life's worth?
#booksky #fantasy 💙📚🪐
t.co/qAK41MBQ4I
Help me round out my sales by buying a fantasy novel steeped in renaissance thinking, learning, and chaos.
What the gods want of humanity is up for debate. For how long, after Isaac starts exploring his life's worth?
#booksky #fantasy 💙📚🪐
t.co/qAK41MBQ4I
March 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Last day of the month!
Help me round out my sales by buying a fantasy novel steeped in renaissance thinking, learning, and chaos.
What the gods want of humanity is up for debate. For how long, after Isaac starts exploring his life's worth?
#booksky #fantasy 💙📚🪐
t.co/qAK41MBQ4I
Help me round out my sales by buying a fantasy novel steeped in renaissance thinking, learning, and chaos.
What the gods want of humanity is up for debate. For how long, after Isaac starts exploring his life's worth?
#booksky #fantasy 💙📚🪐
t.co/qAK41MBQ4I
Archie Fisher composed a ballad called The Witch of the Westmorland, about a knight mortally wounded in battle, who is guided to a witch and girded with silver and spells, to be healed. While an original tale, it draws from folk legend (1/2) #FolkloreSunday #folkmusic
March 30, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Archie Fisher composed a ballad called The Witch of the Westmorland, about a knight mortally wounded in battle, who is guided to a witch and girded with silver and spells, to be healed. While an original tale, it draws from folk legend (1/2) #FolkloreSunday #folkmusic
Last shout-out for the March Sale.✨️
It ends tonight! Hurry and pick up The Voice of Kings ebook, a fantasy epic about renaissance, longing and exploration.
See Amazon and Kobo link below.
#booksky #writingsky 💙📚🪐
t.co/qAK41MBQ4I
It ends tonight! Hurry and pick up The Voice of Kings ebook, a fantasy epic about renaissance, longing and exploration.
See Amazon and Kobo link below.
#booksky #writingsky 💙📚🪐
t.co/qAK41MBQ4I
March 27, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Last shout-out for the March Sale.✨️
It ends tonight! Hurry and pick up The Voice of Kings ebook, a fantasy epic about renaissance, longing and exploration.
See Amazon and Kobo link below.
#booksky #writingsky 💙📚🪐
t.co/qAK41MBQ4I
It ends tonight! Hurry and pick up The Voice of Kings ebook, a fantasy epic about renaissance, longing and exploration.
See Amazon and Kobo link below.
#booksky #writingsky 💙📚🪐
t.co/qAK41MBQ4I
Remember, the March Sale ends after tomorrow, 27th.
If you like a fantasy with a focus on character & mental trials, and themes of information, exploration and myth, you'll love The Voice of Kings.
Buy today. See below.📎⬇️
#booksky 💙📚🪐
t.co/qAK41MBQ4I
If you like a fantasy with a focus on character & mental trials, and themes of information, exploration and myth, you'll love The Voice of Kings.
Buy today. See below.📎⬇️
#booksky 💙📚🪐
t.co/qAK41MBQ4I
March 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Remember, the March Sale ends after tomorrow, 27th.
If you like a fantasy with a focus on character & mental trials, and themes of information, exploration and myth, you'll love The Voice of Kings.
Buy today. See below.📎⬇️
#booksky 💙📚🪐
t.co/qAK41MBQ4I
If you like a fantasy with a focus on character & mental trials, and themes of information, exploration and myth, you'll love The Voice of Kings.
Buy today. See below.📎⬇️
#booksky 💙📚🪐
t.co/qAK41MBQ4I
Not long now!
You have until the end of Thursday to buy The Voice of Kings ebook for...
€1.99
£1.99
CA$3.99
AU$5.99
US$2.50-2.99
Regression and renewal, wisdom and ignorance, winter and summer... all will play a part on the path of the gods.
#booksky 💙📚🪐
You have until the end of Thursday to buy The Voice of Kings ebook for...
€1.99
£1.99
CA$3.99
AU$5.99
US$2.50-2.99
Regression and renewal, wisdom and ignorance, winter and summer... all will play a part on the path of the gods.
#booksky 💙📚🪐
March 25, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Not long now!
You have until the end of Thursday to buy The Voice of Kings ebook for...
€1.99
£1.99
CA$3.99
AU$5.99
US$2.50-2.99
Regression and renewal, wisdom and ignorance, winter and summer... all will play a part on the path of the gods.
#booksky 💙📚🪐
You have until the end of Thursday to buy The Voice of Kings ebook for...
€1.99
£1.99
CA$3.99
AU$5.99
US$2.50-2.99
Regression and renewal, wisdom and ignorance, winter and summer... all will play a part on the path of the gods.
#booksky 💙📚🪐
When I set myself a target of getting to 15 sales by the end of the week, I knew I may bite off more than I could chew.
With circa 3 sales on Kobo, let's say I need 3 more. Who wants to be those 3 people? Can I do it?!😬
See below for book link.
#booksky #authorsky 💙📚🪐
With circa 3 sales on Kobo, let's say I need 3 more. Who wants to be those 3 people? Can I do it?!😬
See below for book link.
#booksky #authorsky 💙📚🪐
March 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
When I set myself a target of getting to 15 sales by the end of the week, I knew I may bite off more than I could chew.
With circa 3 sales on Kobo, let's say I need 3 more. Who wants to be those 3 people? Can I do it?!😬
See below for book link.
#booksky #authorsky 💙📚🪐
With circa 3 sales on Kobo, let's say I need 3 more. Who wants to be those 3 people? Can I do it?!😬
See below for book link.
#booksky #authorsky 💙📚🪐