PROJECT LEWES

  I have just finished reading Battle Song by Ian Ross, an histoirical fiction published by Hodder & Stoughton in 2013. I tend not to make time for reading but whilst home for a spell of leave I decided to immerse myself in this narrative which I must have bought about two years back. Including historical afterword, the hard back edition runs to 404 pages and tells the tale of Adam de Norton, a squire on the tournament circuit with his master Rober de Dunstanville who both become followers and soldiers in the service of Simon de Montfort. The story culminates at the battle of Lewes. It looks like it's the first in a trilogy, followed by War Cry and the King's Enemy . I really enjoyed this piece of escapism and of course, it's right in my field of interst. I do highly recommend it to anyone who likes fiction and this period. Like so many books of it's kind it could do with a movie treatment but then whoever takes it up wouild most likely make a pig's ear of it....

  Battle of Lewes by Andy Gammon Before getting into the meat of this post, I'd like to refer you to the following website by illustrator Andy Gammon whose image I have included above:  https://andyggammon.myportfolio.com/projects His illustration is clearly of Lord Edward crashing into the London Militia, leading the vast cavalry host of the Royal army. *** Alright, onto my considerations for purchasing figures for my Royal army. I've not yet finished the rebels but they are all over bar the shouting. I will be retiring within the next 12 months and expect this and my other projects to start seriously accelerating toward their end-state ... and not before time. As is universally recorded, the Royal host was seriously larger than the rebels in both cavalry especially and in overall numbers. Some have it as high as twice as large as the rebel army. In figure terms I had previously resigned myself to having a number of figures half as large again as my rebel army. My rebel army ...