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Peter Marren is a writer and journalist who specializes in British battlefields, natural history and bibliography. He has written two studies of military history, Grampian Battlefields (continuously in print since 1990 and runner up for the Scottish Saltire Prize) and his recent 1066: The Battles of York, Stamford Bridge and Hastings. He has also show more written articles on Dark Age and medieval battlefields for Battlefields Review and is an active member of the Battlefields Trust. He is currently writing Bugs Britannica, a study of the folklore of British insects. He lives in Wiltshire, a county rich in Dark Age battle sites. show less