Patreon newsletter #8 (Patreon)

Dear Patrons,

Welcome to Epic History Newsletter number 8! We hope you've enjoyed our two recent releases - the Brumaire Coup and Battle of the Wabash Part 1. There's plenty more on the way for you to look forward to...

Production updates

We are currently hard at work on:

Battle of the Wabash Part 2

The Battle of the Nile (these 3D graphics take ages...)

Venice - The Complete History

...and Napoleon's Marengo campaign! Which will be a two-parter.

In between that lot, I have been reading some great new books on WW2 in preparation for our big series starting later this year:

One Cool History Thing

Last week I did some more exploring in Wales, along the Pembrokeshire coast. I popped into Fishguard to see where the French landed in 1797 - the last invasion of the British Isles! And to St.David's, to see the cathedral of Wales's smallest city...

But the historical highlight had to be Raglan Castle, right on the English border...

Despite Wales being a land of famous castles with real military purpose, Raglan is a little bit of an impostor - it wasn't built until the mid-15th century, when castles were rapidly losing their military role. Notice that arrows slits have been replaced by windows, and the machicolations on top of the gate towers are a little 'theatrical'! Raglan was really a (fortified) stately home (where the young Henry Tudor spend part of his childhood). Nevertheless, it did face an 11-week siege during the English Civil War (note the gun ports around the bases of the towers). A lot of the stonework and timber was looted following the Civil War, but the castle remains a fascinating and evocative ruin, well worth a visit if you're ever in the area!

Social feeds

A quick plug for our Epic History social media accounts - once a day, we post to our YouTube Community feed, Facebook, Instagram and X, with great images, interesting facts and cool trivia we've discovered during research, plus a few plugs for our videos.

If you're on any of these platforms, just search for Epic History and give us a follow. We're now even on TikTok! Look for 'epichistorytv'... and beware of imposters!

Score releases

Finally, we're going to release some more music from our videos here on Patreon, for 'Lords and Ladies' members and above. So please let us know in the comments which soundtracks you'd like to hear next - and we'll share the top two in the next couple of weeks.

That's it for now. More updates soon, and thank you for supporting the channel!

Toby