

SEQUEL TO “THE CAVALIER CLUB” - UPDATE.
For those readers who have been following the occasional progress updates elsewhere, I am happy to report that I have been busy...


New address for this website
Check the author's website regularly for updates..... http://stanleygoldyn.wixsite.com/cavalier The site's address has recently changed.


My Life
I have been thinking recently that it’s getting to that time when I should assemble the salient moments of my wonderful and gratifying...


SEQUEL to The Cavalier Club
The author has been working on the next volume which will appear as the sequel to The Cavalier Club. Over 50% complete, we will again...


Count Ernst von Mansfeld
Ernst Graf von Mansfeld was an enigmatic and controversial figure. His unswerving attitude to life reflected a profound, latent and...


Historical Novel Society (UK) - Anne McNulty reviews The Cavalier Club.
The Cavalier Club BY STANLEY GOLDYN "Europe’s bloody Thirty Years’ War forms the backdrop for Stanley Goldyn’s intelligent and...
Why Authors Need Readers' Reviews.
The following excerpt was written by American author Kristen Lamb. Kristen blogs regularly. Her blogs often cover issues that directly...


Anatomy of a Swept-Hilt Rapier
Our protagonist, Lt Jack Channing, carries an Italian-crafted, swept-hilt rapier. It was given to him by his father, who also tutored him...


Severe punishment was common during the Thirty Years' War.
Another of Callot's series of 18 small etchings, known in English as "The Great Miseries and Misfortunes of War" depicts the consequences...


An Icon of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth.
Jan Karol Chodkiewicz (1560-1621) was a renowned Hetman, strategist and organiser. Although he receives only a fleeting mention in The...