Dan Jones - Castles

Tuesday 27th October, 2026

Doors open 7pm, event starts 7.30pm

We are delighted to welcome bestselling historian and TV presenter Dan Jones back to Alnwick Castle to speak about his latest book, Castles: A Fortified History of the World.

For over three thousand years, castles have inspired terror and ambition, foiled conquering forces, and been deployed as the ultimate expression of wealth, status and supremacy. In Castles, Dan Jones leads readers on a journey through centuries and across continents, revealing the shifting tides of warfare, the rise and fall of empires, the resilience of people under siege and the flourishing of new ideas.

Dan Jones is the author of The Plantagenets, Powers and Thrones and Henry V, and the presenter of numerous TV series including Secrets of Great British Castles. His non-fiction books have sold more than a million copies. We hope you can join us for this event as part of Dan’s 2026 national Castles tour, which will include a display of rarely-seen items from the Castle archives relevant to the book.