* Martyn Whittock (Author)

Martyn Whittock is the author and co-author of forty-one books (with total sales in excess of 866,000 copies). As well as school history textbooks, these also include trade books aimed at making historical themes accessible to the general reader. His published Lion Books include: Christ the First 2000 Years, When God was King, and The Vikings. 

Martyn has taught history at secondary level for thirty-five years. He has been a consultant for the BBC, English Heritage and the National Trust and has written for Medieval History magazine and archaeological journals.