Dr Marc Morris is a historian who specializes in the Middle Ages. He is the author of several books about medieval England, including the bestselling The Norman Conquest (Hutchinson 2012), and critically acclaimed biographies of Edward I and King John. His most recent book, The Anglo Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England (Hutchinson, 2021) was as Sunday Times bestseller and received widespread praise from the likes of Dan Snow, Ian Hislop, Bernard Cornwell and James O’Brien. His books have been translated into Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Polish. Marc presented the highly acclaimed six-part series Castle for Channel 4 and wrote the book that accompanied the series (now published in paperback by Hutchinson). He has also contributed to several...
Dr Marc Morris is a historian who specializes in the Middle Ages. He is the author of several books about medieval England, including the bestselling The Norman Conquest (Hutchinson 2012), and critically acclaimed biographies of Edward I and King John. His most recent book, The Anglo Saxons: A History of the Beginnings of England (Hutchinson, 2021) was as Sunday Times bestseller and received widespread praise from the likes of Dan Snow, Ian Hislop, Bernard Cornwell and James O’Brien. His books have been translated into Chinese, Russian, Spanish and Polish.
Marc presented the highly acclaimed six-part series Castle for Channel 4 and wrote the book that accompanied the series (now published in paperback by Hutchinson). He has also contributed to several television programmes, radio shows and podcasts. He has consulted on history series for BBC1 and Channel 5 and writes regularly for History Today and BBC History Magazine. Marc frequently appears on the hugely popular educational YouTube channel History Hit, and its sister podcast, Gone Medieval.
A fellow of Royal Historical Society and an honorary fellow of the Historical Association, Marc speaks regularly to schools, historical societies and literary festivals. He also leads tours of historical sites in Britain and France and was recently the guest lecturer on a cruise for Silversea.
