Welcome TO THE WEBSITE OF
MARK TURNBULL
Author and historian specialising in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
About MARK
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
After a visit to Helmsley Castle, North Yorkshire, at the age of 10, Mark Turnbull bought a pack of cards that featured the monarchs of England. The card portraying King Charles I fascinated him.
Van Dyck's regal portrait of the king and the fact that he was executed proved the beginning of Mark's passionate interest in Charles I and the Wars of the three Kingdoms that has stayed with him ever since. It led to a period of battle re-enactment with The Sealed Knot.
Mark thoroughly enjoys bringing this period to life through writing and has written articles for magazines and newspapers. He is one of the co-founders (with Dr Erica Canela and Andrea Zuvich) of the Stuart History Festival, the first-ever festival dedicated to Stuart history.
Additionally, he produces a podcast dedicated to the period called 'CavalierCast - The Civil War in Words' is a regional chair of the Battlefields Trust, and an Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.